Action on noncommunicable diseases: balancing priorities for prevention and care

Action on noncommunicable diseases: balancing priorities for prevention and care.

Editorials After long being neglected, the global problem of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has received increasing attention , culminating in a United Nations high-level meeting on NCDs in New York in September 2011. 1 The growing global NCD crisis is now killing 36 million people each year and needs urgent and comprehensive action. 2 Attention is mainly focused on cardiovascular disease, dia...

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Noncommunicable diseases: risk factors and regional strategies for prevention and care.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major disease burden in the Region. Many of the risk factors are related to lifestyle and can be controlled. Physical inactivity, low fruit and vegetable intake, high fast food consumption and high cholesterol are predominant causes of cardiovascular disease and some cancers. Overweight and obesity can lead to metabolic changes and raise the risk of NCDs, i...

Technology contribution to prevention of noncommunicable diseases.

Genomics and the Prevention and Control of Common Chronic Diseases: Emerging Priorities for Public Health Action

The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 continues to raise expectations on near-term applications of human genome discoveries in personalized disease prevention, especially in the area of common chronic diseases (1,2). In fact, almost daily we are confronted with stories of scientific discoveries of human genetic variants that are suggested to affect our risks for one or more of the ...