Robert Beaglehole Quotes (4 Quotes)

Approximately 80 percent of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and 40 percent of cancer could be avoided through healthy diet, regular physical activity and avoidance of tobacco use.

We can stop this global epidemic of chronic diseases if we take preventative action now. We estimate that 388 million people in the world are expected to die from chronic diseases in the world in the next 10 years, and everywhere the poor are the hardest hit.

The real tragedy is that overweight and obesity, and their related chronic diseases, are largely preventable,

While India is poised to receive an 11 percent downturn in infectious diseases in 2006, the country would witness a 35 percent growth in diabetic patients and 18 percent growth in cardiovascular patients.