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02/14/2013
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Series of articles published by the medical journal 'The Lancet' emphasizes the importance of preventing noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart problems, today the leading causes of death worldwide
respected British medical journal The Lancet published in its issue this week, a series of five articles on non-communicable diseases - which include cardiovascular problems, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. According to the publication, the aim of the series is to call attention to the importance of these conditions, which have reached epidemic levels today and are the main cause of mortality worldwide. The work published also suggest strategies to prevent these problems, as those who seek to reduce the risk factors for these diseases - such as smoking, obesity and poor diet. Brazil was cited as an example in creating strategies to control smoking.
and according to data from one study published in the British journal, of the 52.8 million deaths that occurred worldwide in 2010, 34.5 million, or 65%, were due to NCDs. Of these deaths, 20% occurred in people under 60 years of age. Also according to this survey, it is estimated that the number of deaths from NCDs will increase to 50 million by 2030.
In Brazil, the number of deaths from these diseases is even higher: nearly three-quarters (75%) of deaths in the country are related to problems such as cancer, diabetes or heart disease or chronic respiratory.
Goals - One of the papers published in the British journal, by researchers from the United States and Britain, suggested that the United Nations (UN) include the prevention of non-communicable diseases in the next targets set by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) . This program provides UN goals to be met by a certain date. Currently, the goals predict the range of eight goals by 2015, including the end of hunger and extreme poverty, universal education, and reducing child mortality.
For George Alleyne, Director Emeritus of the Pan American Health and coordinator of the study, after 2015, the UN should have a goal of reducing by 25% the number of deaths from NCDs by 2025.
Prevention strategies - A series of articles published in The Lancet also suggested strategies which could help prevent non-communicable diseases and thus reduce the number of deaths from cancer, diabetes, heart and respiratory problems over the years.
One study, coordinated by Ruth Bonita, University of Auckland, New Zealand, for example, gave an account of measures that can be adopted by health authorities of the countries to control two of the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases: smoking and excessive consumption of salt. According to the researcher, reducing salt intake by 15% can, in ten years, preventing 8.5 million deaths around the world.
The article quoted the tobacco control strategies in Brazil as an example of measure that can be effective in reducing deaths related to smoking. In the article, Ruth Bonita talked about the fact that Brazilian cities have banned smoking in certain environments, and increased taxes on tobacco products and gifts warnings on cigarette packs.
Hazardous Industries - One of the articles published by the British publication pointed to another culprit for the epidemic of non-communicable diseases which the world lives today: the aggressive marketing of large industries of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods or "ultra-processed" as classified the study. Ie food and drinks that are high-calorie processed and fatty and very little nutrients, such as frozen dinners, cookies, chips, burgers, sodas and other artificially sweetened beverages.
According to Rob Moodie, a researcher at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and author of this study, no measure of self-regulation in these industries (ie, when they decide to take action on their own to benefit public health) appears to be effective. Therefore, he believes that public regulation of these companies is the most effective way to benefit the population.
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