The obesity epidemic is spreading to low-income and middle-income countries as a result of new dietary habits and sedentary ways of life, fuelling chronic diseases and premature mortality. In this report we present an assessment of public health strategies designed to tackle behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases that are closely linked with obesity, including aspects of diet and physical inactivity, in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/tackling-unhealthy-diets-physical-inactivity-and-obesity-health-effects-and-cost
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michele-cecchini
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/franco-sassi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeremy-lauer-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lifestyles
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mexico
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/russia
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
