{"id":289506,"date":"2025-09-25T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/80\/?p=289506"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:30:59","slug":"pga-remarks-at-the-high-level-meeting-on-the-prevention-and-control-of-non-communicable-diseases-and-the-promotion-of-mental-health-and-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/80\/2025\/09\/25\/pga-remarks-at-the-high-level-meeting-on-the-prevention-and-control-of-non-communicable-diseases-and-the-promotion-of-mental-health-and-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Remarks at the High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remarks by the President of the General Assembly,<\/strong><\/p>\n

H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock<\/strong><\/p>\n

High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, 25 September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

[As Delivered]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the first time, more children are obese than underweight.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n


\n\u201cMore weight-loss drugs offered in type 2 diabetes shake-up.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n


\n\u201cNew drug could change breast cancer treatment.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

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These are recent media headlines.<\/p>\n

The kind we see every day.<\/p>\n

Good news.<\/p>\n

Why? Because unlike infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases carry risk factors and treatments that, in many cases, we can control.<\/p>\n

We, as human beings, have agency: what we eat, how we move, what we breathe, whether we seek care.<\/p>\n

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And each of us has a story:<\/p>\n