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PRESENTATIONS BY THE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS OF THE JOINT SUMMIT WORKING GROUP JSWG PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION (Health in the Americas: Regional Challenges) SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW GROUP (SIRG)OEA/Ser.E Third Regular Meeting of 2008 GRIC/O.3/Inf.2/08 September 18-19, 2008 18 September 2008 Bridgetown, Barbados Original: English (Hilton Barbados Hotel) Slide 2 Pan American Health Organization HEALTH IN THE AMERICAS REGIONAL CHALLENGES SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW GROUPDr. Rebecca de los Rios Bridgetown, Barbados September 18-19, 2008 Slide 3 Life Expectancy in Latin America, 2000-05 in relation to the United States Source: Health in the Americas. PAHO, 2007 Slide 4 Source: WHO The burden of diseases in countries by income, 2002 (Healthy years of life lost by 1.000 population) Slide 5 2005 Pan American Health Organization Obesity among women 16-55 yr (%) Chile USA Per Brasil Canad Mxico Uruguay Cuba NCD National surveys and representative data. E Jacoby, PAhO Caribbean Slide 6 Pan American Health Organization Prevalence of Adult Obesity (BMI 30 kg/m2) in selected countries/cities of the Americas circa 2005 Source: NCD National Surveys; CAMDI Studies 2002-2006 Slide 7 Prevalence of overweight among children (