The true scale of the problem in Liberia is unknown. Liberia’s Health Ministry does not have data on NCD prevalence or deaths according to Anthony Tucker, Director for NCDs and Injuries at the Ministry of Health. The WHO reports that one...
T. How to Effectively Monitor and Evaluate NCD Programmes in India. Indian journal of community medicine: official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine 2011; 36:57-62.Krishnan A, Gupta V, Ritvik, Nongkynrih B, Thakur J: How to Effectively Monitor and Evaluate NCD...
Referred to as a "lifestyle" disease, because the majority of these diseases are preventable illnesses, the most common causes for non-communicable diseases (NCD) includetobacco use (smoking), hazardous alcohol use, poor diets (high consumption of sugar, salt, saturated fats, and trans fatty ac...
Until recently I was sitting or sleeping about 23 hours a day, which can’t be healthful. To repair that I recently built a standing desk. Now I stand, kneel (on a padded bench), or half-kneel half-stand throughout my working hours. I strongly recommend a standing desk as an effectiv...
To live longer, better lives, people must become active partners in their own health care. They must understand the risks that face them and overcome the traditional structures that may prevent them from asking questions, voicing concerns or proposing solutions. Leslie R. Martin and Howard S. ...
To prevent the occurrence of flat tyres, simply rotate your tyres weekly, so that the weight of the motorcycle is distributed to different parts of the tyre. Also, you should check the pressure regularly with a pressure gauge, to make sure that your tyres are in ideal conditions for your ...
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Governments and clinicians alike have struggled to find effective strategies to prevent weight gain, support weight loss, and promote metabolic health. The science of weight stigma crystallizes a key point for future success – to tackle the obesity ‘epidemic’ we must tackle the parallel epidemic ...
Enabling the HasMeasurementWrapping property wraps the measurement residuals in a defined bound, which helps to prevent the filter from divergence due to incorrect measurement residual values. This property is nontunable and can be set only during the object creation. You can also enable measurement ...
3) Bring about behavior changes proven to prevent diabetes in 50,000 people. And, we want to use what we learn to establish a scalable model for prevention of chronic diseases. mDiabetes is key to achieving these goals. Read: Five diabetes myths, busted ...