Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Chronic Non-communicable Diseases.

Effects of moderate aerobic exercise training on chronic primary insomnia.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of long-term moderate aerobic exercise on sleep, quality of life, and mood of individuals with chronic primary insomnia, and to examine whether these effects differed between exercise in the morning and exercise in the late afternoon. METHODS Nineteen sedentary individuals with chronic primary insomnia, mean age 45.0 (standard error [SE] 1.9) years, completed ...

Emergence of chronic non-communicable diseases in China.

China has experienced an epidemiological transition shifting from the infectious to the chronic diseases in much shorter time than many other countries. The pace and spread of behavioural changes, including changing diets, decreased physical activity, high rates of male smoking, and other high risk behaviours, has accelerated to an unprecedented degree. As a result, the burden of chronic diseas...

Air Pollution and Primordial Prevention of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases

Combating non-communicable diseases.

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Socio-Economic Inequality of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Bangladesh

INTRODUCTION Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health challenge, and undermine social and economic development in much of the developing world, including Bangladesh. Epidemiologic evidence on the socioeconomic status (SES)-related pattern of NCDs remains limited in Bangladesh. This study assessed the relationship between three chronic NCDs and SES among the Bangladeshi...