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Global Burden and Health Trends of Non-Communicable Diseases

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Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the biggest global killers today. More than 60 % of all deaths are caused by NCDs and nearly 80 % of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where the highest proportion of deaths under the age of 60 from NCDs occur. A large percentage of NCDs are preventable through the reduction of main behavioural (tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity) and metabolic risk factors (raised cholesterol, raised blood pressure, overweight and obesity) .

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    Silvio Capizzi, Chiara de Waure & Stefania Boccia

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Capizzi, S., de Waure, C., Boccia, S. (2015). Global Burden and Health Trends of Non-Communicable Diseases. In: Boccia, S., Villari, P., Ricciardi, W. (eds) A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13620-2_3

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