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The rise of chronic non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia: time for action
Antonio L. Dans,Nawi Ng,Nawi Ng,Cherian Varghese,E. Shyong Tai,Rebecca Firestone,Ruth Bonita +6 more
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is in a unique position to make a united stand against chronic non-communicable diseases in the region, and all branches of government and all sectors of society have to get involved in establishing environments that are conducive to healthy living.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2011-02-19. It has received 248 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Southeast asian & Chronic care.read more
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Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not?
Adrian Bauman,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,James F. Sallis,Jonathan C. K. Wells,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ruth J. F. Loos,Brian W. Martin +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a broad view of health behaviour causation, with the social and physical environment included as contributors to physical inactivity, particularly those outside the health sector, such as urban planning, transportation systems, and parks and trails, is presented.
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Physical Activity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease—A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
Jian Li,Johannes Siegrist +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that high level of leisure time PA and moderate level of occupational PA have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular health by reducing the overall risk of incident coronary heart disease and stroke among men and women by 20 to 30 percent and 10 to 20 percent, respectively.
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Cohort Profile: Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort study
Shu E Soh,Mya Thway Tint,Peter D. Gluckman,Keith M. Godfrey,Anne Rifkin-Graboi,Yiong-Huak Chan,Walter Stünkel,Joanna D. Holbrook,Kenneth Kwek,Yap Seng Chong,Seang-Mei Saw +10 more
TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a history of infectious disease in Singapore over a 50-year period and some of the main causes and treatments were identified in the period up to and including the year in question.
Physical Activity 2 Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not?
Adrian Bauman,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,James F. Sallis,Jonathan C. K. Wells,Ruth J. F. Loos,Brian W. Martin +5 more
TL;DR: An understanding of correlates and determinants, especially in countries of low and middle income, could reduce the risk of future epidemics of inactivity and contribute to effective global prevention of non-communicable diseases.
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Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that elevate cardiovascular risk: an examination of sales and essential medicines lists in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
TL;DR: Diclofenac is included on 74 countries' essential medicine lists and was the most commonly used NSAID in the 15 countries they evaluated.
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Salim Yusuf,Steven Hawken,Stephanie Ôunpuu,Tony Dans,Alvaro Avezum,Fernando Lanas,Matthew J. McQueen,Andrzej Budaj,Prem Pais,John Varigos,Liu Lisheng +10 more
TL;DR: Abnormal lipids, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, abdominal obesity, psychosocial factors, consumption of fruits, vegetables, and alcohol, and regular physical activity account for most of the risk of myocardial infarction worldwide in both sexes and at all ages in all regions.
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Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030
Colin Mathers,Dejan Loncar +1 more
TL;DR: These projections represent a set of three visions of the future for population health, based on certain explicit assumptions, which enable us to appreciate better the implications for health and health policy of currently observed trends, and the likely impact of fairly certain future trends.
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Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health
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Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27,000 participants from 52 countries: a case-control study.
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