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Non-communicable disease
About: Non-communicable disease is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 861 publications have been published within this topic receiving 30224 citations.
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TL;DR: The results for 1990 and 2010 supersede all previously published Global Burden of Disease results and highlight the importance of understanding local burden of disease and setting goals and targets for the post-2015 agenda taking such patterns into account.
6,861 citations
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Simon I. Hay, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir1, Kalkidan Hassen Abate2, Cristiana Abbafati3 +800 more•Institutions (32)
TL;DR: At a global level, DALYs and HALE continue to show improvements and the importance of continued health interventions, which has changed in most locations in pace with the gross domestic product per person, education, and family planning.
3,029 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarise present global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic of physical inactivity, concluding that, although evidence for the benefits of physical activity for health has been available since the 1950s, promotion to improve the health of populations has lagged in relation to the available evidence.
2,186 citations
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Christopher J L Murray1, Ryan M Barber, Kyle J Foreman2, Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren +608 more•Institutions (251)
TL;DR: Patterns of the epidemiological transition with a composite indicator of sociodemographic status, which was constructed from income per person, average years of schooling after age 15 years, and the total fertility rate and mean age of the population, were quantified.
1,609 citations
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University of Auckland1, Union for International Cancer Control2, Pan American Health Organization3, Imperial College London4, Commonwealth Secretariat5, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease6, Massey University7, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development8, International Diabetes Federation9, World Bank10, Brigham and Women's Hospital11, University of Ottawa12, University of London13, University of Sydney14, National Heart Forum15, University of Melbourne16, World Heart Federation17, Public Health Foundation of India18, University of Southampton19, Harvard University20, Yonsei University21
TL;DR: The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance propose five overarching priority actions for the response to the crisis and the delivery of five priority interventions--tobacco control, salt reduction, improved diets and physical activity, reduction in hazardous alcohol intake, and essential drugs and technologies.
1,418 citations