A synthesis of evidence and analyses from WHO and other sources, the report identifies both noncommunicable diseases as the main cause of the burden of disease on the European Region, and communicable diseases as an additional burden on eastern countries, caused by poverty and underfunded health services. It shows that using well-known, comprehensive interventions to tackle the seven leading risk factors - tobacco, alcohol, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight, low fruit and vegetable intake, and physical inactivity - would largely prevent the seven leading conditions - ischaemic heart disease, unipolar depressive disorders, cerebrovascular disease, alcohol-use disorders, chronic pulmonary disease, lung cancer and road traffic injury. This creates a compelling argument for action.
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Good health is a fundamental resource for social and economic development. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
amenable mortality, maternal underweight, unipolar depressive disorders, indoor smoke, rectum cancer, low fruit, vegetable intake, outdoor air pollution, perinatal conditions, ischaemic heart disease, other dementias, promoting healthy life, airborne particulate matter, physical inactivity, health gaps, unsafe sex, health determinants, world health report, cerebrovascular disease, leading risk factors, healthy life expectancy, unsafe water, disease project, more affluent countries, traffic injury Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
European Region, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Member States, Health Evidence Network, Czech Republic, Annex Table, North Karelia, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, European Commission, New York, World Health Assembly, Average Country, Innocenti Research Centre, Millennium Development Goals, Oxford University Press, Roll Back Malaria New!
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amenable mortality, maternal underweight, unipolar depressive disorders, indoor smoke, rectum cancer, low fruit, vegetable intake, outdoor air pollution, perinatal conditions, ischaemic heart disease, other dementias, promoting healthy life, airborne particulate matter, physical inactivity, health gaps, unsafe sex, health determinants, world health report, cerebrovascular disease, leading risk factors, healthy life expectancy, unsafe water, disease project, more affluent countries, traffic injury Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
European Region, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Member States, Health Evidence Network, Czech Republic, Annex Table, North Karelia, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, European Commission, New York, World Health Assembly, Average Country, Innocenti Research Centre, Millennium Development Goals, Oxford University Press, Roll Back Malaria New!
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- Children and adolescents (Social Charter Monograph No. 3) (1996) on 6 pages
- Social Determinants of Health by Michael Marmot in Back Matter
- Russian Federation (Economic Review) by John Odling-Smee in Back Matter
- Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding by World Health Organization in Back Matter
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