نتایج جستجو برای: ncd risk factors

تعداد نتایج: 1758230  

2015
M. Mostafa Zaman Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan Md. Nazmul Karim MoniruzZaman Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Abdul Waheed Akanda Thushara Fernando

BACKGROUND Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have already become major killers in Bangladesh. Once NCDs are developed, they become chronic health and economic problems. Their primary prevention is linked to their common risk factors. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of NCD risk factors with a focus on their clustering in Bangladeshi adults. METHODS This nationally represent...

2015
Fabrizio Ferretti Corinne Ida Lasmezas

In the current global economy, chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become the leading cause of death and a major health concern for both developed and developing countries. Among other factors, the worldwide spread of NCDs is driven by the globalisation of unhealthy habits. The purpose of this paper is to develop a simple statistic to measure, at the national level, the average popula...

2009
Syed Masud Ahmed Abdullahel Hadi Abdur Razzaque Ali Ashraf Sanjay Juvekar Nawi Ng Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem Kusol Soonthornthada Hoang Van Minh Tran Huu Bich

BACKGROUND The major chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) operate through a cluster of common risk factors, whose presence or absence determines not only the occurrence and severity of the disease, but also informs treatment approaches. Primary prevention based on mitigation of these common risk factors through population-based programmes is the most cost-effective approach to contain the e...

2016
Hilary Tolley Wendy Snowdon Jillian Wate A. Mark Durand Paula Vivili Judith McCool Rachel Novotny Ofa Dewes Damian Hoy Colin Bell Nicola Richards Boyd Swinburn

BACKGROUND Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the Pacific. In 2011, Pacific Forum Leaders declared "a human, social and economic crisis" due to the significant and growing burden of NCDs in the region. In 2013, Pacific Health Ministers' commitment to 'whole of government' strategy prompted calls for the development of a robust, sustainable...

2014
Emmy Metta Beverly Msambichaka Mary Mwangome Daniel J. Nyato Marjolein Dieleman Hinke Haisma Paul Klatser Eveline Geubbels

Background Most low- and middle- income countries are facing a rise of the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) alongside the persistent burden of infectious diseases. This narrative review aims to provide an inventory of how the existing policy environment, health system, and communities are addressing the NCDs situation in Tanzania and identify gaps for advancing the NCD research and po...

2014
Clémentine Rossier Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Géraldine Duthé Sally Findley

The expected growth in NCDs in cities is one of the most important health challenges of the coming decades in Sub-Saharan countries. This paper aims to fill the gap in our understanding of socio-economic differentials in NCD mortality and risk in low and middle income neighborhoods in urban Africa. We use data collected in the Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System. 409 deaths w...

Journal: :Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition 2016
Carmen Piernas Dantong Wang Shufa Du Bing Zhang Zhihong Wang Chang Su Barry M Popkin

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES China's nutrition transition is characterized by dramatic increases in overweight and cardiometabolic (CM) risk. The burden of obesity, CM risk factors and dietary intake among Chinese children were explored. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Children 7-12 y old from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey with available dietary intake data, anthropometry, blood pressure, ...

2009
Ruth Bonita

T he burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD), especially heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, is rising in low and middle-income countries, particularly in Asia (1). NCD deaths account for 60% of all deaths in the world and one in two deaths in the Asian region. Prevention programmes and policies are in their infancy in this region (2)...

2017
Jürgen Rehm Peter Anderson Jose Angel Arbesu Prieto Iain Armstrong Henri-Jean Aubin Michael Bachmann Nuria Bastida Bastus Carlos Brotons Robyn Burton Manuel Cardoso Joan Colom Daniel Duprez Gerrit Gmel Antoni Gual Ludwig Kraus Reinhold Kreutz Helena Liira Jakob Manthey Lars Møller Ľubomír Okruhlica Michael Roerecke Emanuele Scafato Bernd Schulte Lidia Segura-Garcia Kevin David Shield Cristina Sierra Konstantin Vyshinskiy Marcin Wojnar José Zarco

BACKGROUND Hazardous and harmful alcohol use and high blood pressure are central risk factors related to premature non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality worldwide. A reduction in the prevalence of both risk factors has been suggested as a route to reach the global NCD targets. This study aims to highlight that screening and interventions for hypertension and hazardous and harmful alcohol use...

2016
Daniel Mwai

Despite a remarkable progress in the control and management of communicable diseases over the past century, the world is not better-off as the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is on the increase, both in developed and developing countries. The upsurge in NCD prevalence is attributable to risk factors both outside and within the control of individuals. One risk factor that has recei...

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