Time to Act on Sugars: Advancing Health Equity and Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) with a Focus on Oral Diseases

This event will spotlight the global threat of sugars as a modifiable risk factor driving oral diseases, obesity, diabetes, and other NCDs. It will showcase country experiences and catalyse multisectoral partnerships to scale up cost-effective, equity-focused interventions—such as sugar taxes, marketing regulations and food reformulation.

This event marks a pivotal moment in confirming oral diseases as a fundamental part of the global hashtag#NCD agenda—ensuring the oral health community’s full contribution to the fight against NCDs and the achievement of  #UHC for all by 2030. The time is now.