Although there is a tendency to stay in the same weight category, this increase in BMI over time underscores the need for public health efforts aimed at combating the current epidemic of obesity, especially in younger men and women.
Vietnam has at least made token efforts at combating this by fining companies that are caught using pirated software and punishing them by way of name-and-shame campaigns of self-criticism.
The treaty measures are aimed particularly at combating the rising incidence of smoking in developing countries, diplomats in Geneva said.
Every year a new vaccine is produced, aimed at combating the latest strains of the virus.
So it's no coincidence that Google and Facebook are stepping up efforts locally to combat the circulation of so-called fake news as the democratic drum beat cranks up — partnering on a collaborative initiative aimed at combating the spread of disinformation online.
One aims at combating the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
These models could also be used to test therapeutic strategies aimed at combating the molecular triggers of diabetic neuropathy.
An important barrier to scaling up the efforts at combating non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries has arguably been the scarcity of evidence of (affordable) effective interventions that have been proven to work in the specific limited resource country context [ 11, 12].
Lastly, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my employer, the Hindu American Foundation's (HAF) efforts at combating anti-Hindu bullying, promoting marriage equality, uplifting Bhutanese refugee communities, fighting caste discrimination, and working to ensure that hate crimes against minority religious groups are thoroughly investigated.
Efforts at combating roadside bombs have been singled out as a priority for this, the largest and most powerful military in the world.
