Reducing Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Adolescents

In this brief, we examine the benefits and costs of a set of effective interventions for reducing NCD risk factors among adolescents in India. When people ...

Combatting Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Youth | PRB

The four main NCDs share four risk factors: tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet.

Non-communicable diseases among adolescents - PubMed Central

Multi-sectoral efforts are needed to target NCD risk factors among adolescents to mitigate disease burden and adverse outcomes in adulthood.

Reducing Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Adolescents

This NCD risk factor reduction investment case shows the benefits of investing in cost- effective, policy-level interventions for adolescents in Indonesia to ...

Preventing noncommunicable diseases

Reducing the major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol – is the ...

Management and Prevention Strategies for Non-communicable ...

Nutrition interventions are essential in managing the risk of NCDs. As they are of the utmost importance, this review highlights NCDs and their risk factors and ...

Non-communicable diseases among adolescents - BMC Public Health

Risk and protective factors for NCDs among adolescents, including tobacco smoking, use of alcohol, physical inactivity, unemployment, and ...

Prevention of noncommunicable diseases

Physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, exposure to alcohol and tobacco, and unhealthy or unsafe environments are important risk factors. The CHD unit is ...

Noncommunicable diseases in children, adolescents, and young ...

This visual summary presents the current situation and trends of NCDs and risk factors among children, adolescents, and young adults in the Region of the ...

Addressing non-communicable diseases in adolescence

45 R Nugent, J Hale et al, “Investment Case for Reducing Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Adolescents”, RTI International Research Brief, April 2018, ...

Prevalence of multiple non-communicable diseases risk factors ...

Results from our study indicate that efforts to reduce adolescent NCD risk factors and the associated health burden need to be improved.

Investing in non-communicable disease risk factor control among ...

Conclusion From a life course perspective, implementation of a package of interventions to reduce NCD risk among adolescents worldwide would substantially ...

Noncommunicable Diseases - PAHO/WHO

Modifiable behavioral risk factors ... Modifiable behaviors, such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and the harmful use of alcohol, all ...

Non-communicable diseases - UNICEF

UNICEF works with governments and partners to help reduce the risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and to strengthen health systems ...

Towards reducing behavioral risk factors of non-communicable ...

Developing strategies aimed at reducing behavioral risk factors and hence the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major ...

Clustering of lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases in ...

The precursors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are often manifested during childhood and adolescence with little knowledge about co-occurrence of their ...

The FRESHAIR4Life study: Global implementation research on non ...

Multi-level interventions are of vital importance for preventing NCD risk factors. Besides national-level policy statements and regulations, the ...

Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Among Adolescent Boys ...

An unhealthy diet, inadequate physical activity, tobacco use, being overweight and obesity are the major risk factors for NCDs [5]. Adolescence ...

Non-communicable diseases risk reduction in adolescence and youth

Public health managers and authorities have access to improved insights and evidences on the NCDs related to behaviours and conditions in youth ...

Interventions for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases among ...

Moderate to vigorous physical activities and aerobic exercises have proven effective in reducing NCDs risk factors, such as cardiorespiratory ...