OBJECTIVE To estimate the number of cancers to be diagnosed in 2025 that could be prevented solely due to changes in diet and physical activity. DESIGN AND SETTING We used an Australian population-based cancer database to estimate the total number of cancers to be diagnosed in 2025, by applying published age- and sex-specific population projections to current cancer incidence rates, and multi...

BACKGROUND Member states of the World Health Organization have adopted resolutions aiming to achieve 'no increase on obesity levels' by 2025 (based on 2010 levels) for infants, adolescents and adults. OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess the scale of the problem facing health planners and service providers. METHODS AND RESULTS Using data prepared by the Global Burden of Disease collaborative for 2...

OBJECTIVE This study uses a modelling approach to compare the potential impact of future risk factor scenarios relating to smoking, physical activity levels, dietary salt, saturated fat intake, mean body mass index (BMI) levels, diabetes prevalence and fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption on future coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Turkey for year 2025. DESIGN A CHD mortality model p...

BACKGROUND Australia's health workforce is facing significant challenges now and into the future. Health Workforce Australia (HWA) was established by the Council of Australian Governments as the national agency to progress health workforce reform to address the challenges of providing a skilled, innovative and flexible health workforce in Australia. HWA developed Australia's first major, long-t...

BACKGROUND Estimating the burden of non-communicable diseases particularly cardiovascular disease (CVD) is essential for health management and policymaking. In this paper, we used a regression model to estimate the future impact of demographic changes on the burden of CVD in Iran during the next two decades. METHODS Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) were used to estimate the future burden...

BACKGROUND United Nations member states have agreed to reduce premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality 25% by 2025. Global CVD risk factor targets have been recommended. We produced estimates to show how selected risk factor reduction would affect CVD mortality for different regions and countries. METHODS AND RESULTS We used mortality, risk factor, and relative risk data from the Glob...