Search for dissertations about: "cost burden of obesity"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words cost burden of obesity.
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1. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early childhood obesity prevention
Abstract : Background: Due to individual health-related and social consequences, but also due to its immense cost burden, obesity remains a large public health challenge for which effective and cost-effective prevention is lacking. It has been suggested that primary preventive efforts operate optimally if started in early childhood, but scientific evidence is scarce. READ MORE
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2. A 3-year lifestyle intervention in primary health care : effects on physical activity, cardiovascular risk factors, quality of life and cost-effectiveness
Abstract : Background: A sedentary lifestyle diminishes quality of life (QOL) and contributes to increasing prevalence of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and thus increases the economic burden on health care and society. Expensive and tightly controlled lifestyle interventions reduce cardiovascular risk and onset of diabetes. READ MORE
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3. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Ethiopia : the rural-ruban gradient
Abstract : BackgroundChanges in the population structure and the main causes of death result in the growing burden of chronic diseases, which characterize the epidemiological transition. The transition takes place at different paces in different parts of the world. READ MORE
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4. Changes of stomach microenvironment and gastric cancer development
Abstract : While acknowledging the importance of microenvironment-related events, e.g. Helicobacter pylori (H. READ MORE