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China: obesity is ’sleeping giant’

28 February 2010
A large prospective study has shown that the rising prevalence of obesity in the Chinese population is increasing people’s risk for suffering from and dying of a stroke. The study conducted by Lydia Bazzano and colleagues studeed 154,736 Chinese people aged 40...
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Vietnam: the burden of diabetes

26 February 2010
Due to the increase in ‘western’ lifestyles, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is becoming a major public health concern globally. This transition in lifestyle is apparent in Vietnam, where non-communicable diseases are emerging as a challenge to the country’s...
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Wellcome Trust’s 10-year plan

25 February 2010
The Wellcome Trust has developed a 10-year strategic plan for 2010-2020 to support research with the aim of improving both human and animal health. The plan focuses on five challenges, including investigating chronic disease at individual and population level....
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NCDNet Global Forum

The first Global Forum of the Non-communicable Disease Network (NCDnet) met in Geneva on 24 February to draw up plans to face the challenges posed by non-communicable diseases. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, speaking at the forum, said ‘Cardiovascular disease,...
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Importance of hypertension prevention

23 February 2010
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a report, A Population-Based Policy and Systems Change Approach to Prevent and Control Hypertension, that identifies priority areas for reducing and controlling hypertension in the United States. One such recommendation...
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Rise of UK obesity-related deaths

Analysis of death certificates by a team from Oxford University found a year-on-year increase in obesity-related deaths between 2000 and 2006. In addition, recent ministerial figures show 757 obesity related deaths in 2009, compared with 358 in 2000. Study leader...
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Reducing recurrent heart problems

19 February 2010
A study in Circulation has shown that adherence to behavioural advice in areas relating to diet, exercise, and smoking cessation by patients who have experienced acute coronary syndrome (ACS) can substantially lower the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events. Although...
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New CIIPEC website launched

18 February 2010
INCAP Comprehensive Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (CIIPEC, Spanish acronym) has launched its new website, available in both Spanish (click here >> ) and English (click here >> ). The site gives users the opportunity to interact with...
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UK: the cost of cancer

17 February 2010
Policy Exchange has launched the most comprehensive study to have taken place in the UK researching the total costs of cancer (click here >> to access the report). Taking into account health-care costs (£5.49 billion), costs to individuals and families (£0.08...
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Childhood obesity linked to premature death

15 February 2010
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine, by Paul Franks and others, assessed the extent to which obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia in children without diabetes predicted premature death (defined as death before 55 years...
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