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Tackling of unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and obesity: health effects and cost-effectiveness

Michele Cecchini, +5 more
- 20 Nov 2010 - 
- Vol. 376, Iss: 9754, pp 1775-1784
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An assessment of public health strategies designed to tackle behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases that are closely linked with obesity, including aspects of diet and physical inactivity, in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa is presented.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2010-11-20. It has received 798 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Public health & Cost effectiveness.

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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, +736 more
- 05 Dec 2015 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Mohammad H Forouzanfar, +653 more
TL;DR: The comparative risk assessment framework developed for previous iterations of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 was used to estimate attributable deaths, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and trends in exposure by age group, sex, year, and geography for 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational risks or clusters of risks from 1990 to 2015.

Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control.

Shanthi Mendis, +2 more
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Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK

Y. Claire Wang, +4 more
- 27 Aug 2011 - 
TL;DR: A simulation model used to project the probable health and economic consequences in the next two decades from a continued rise in obesity in two ageing populations--the USA and the UK used to find that effective policies to promote healthier weight also have economic benefits.
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, +639 more
- 16 Sep 2017 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) provides a comprehensive assessment of risk factor exposure and attributable burden of disease as discussed by the authors.
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Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health

Gösta Samuelson
- 01 Jun 2004 - 
TL;DR: An expert report aiming to design strategies in promoting healthy diets and physical activity behaviours was published a year ago by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Prevalence of Diabetes among Men and Women in China

Wenying Yang, +19 more
- 29 Mar 2010 - 
TL;DR: The prevalence of diabetes among Chinese adults and prediabetes, which included both previously diagnosed diabetes and previously undiagnosed diabetes, was estimated to be 9.7% and 15.5% respectively, respectively, from a national study conducted from June 2007 through May 2008.

Disease control priorities in developing countries.

Dean T. Jamison, +8 more
TL;DR: This first edition provides information on disease control interventions for the most common diseases and injuries in developing countries to help them define essential health service packages and offers preventive and case management guidelines critical to improving the quality of care.
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The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. Commentary

Richard Horton, +5 more
- 01 Jan 2007 - 
TL;DR: This paper estimates the disease burden and loss of economic output associated with chronic diseases-mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes-in 23 selected countries which account for around 80% of the total burden of chronic disease mortality in developing countries.
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The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries

Dele O Abegunde, +4 more
- 08 Dec 2007 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the disease burden and loss of economic output associated with chronic diseases in 23 selected countries which account for around 80% of the total burden of chronic disease mortality in developing countries.
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