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NUTRIENTS
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13020429
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Mediterranean diet; physical activity; exercise; non-communicable diseases; healthy lifestyle; life expectancy
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Non-communicable diseases are the main causes of death worldwide, with their burden expected to rise. Modifiable behavioral risk factors such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco usage, and excess alcohol consumption play a crucial role in these diseases. Adopting healthy lifestyles, including moderate alcohol intake, no smoking, healthy diet, and regular physical activity, is a key and cost-effective strategy to combat the global burden of NCDs.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) (mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and type 2 diabetes) are the main causes of death worldwide. Their burden is expected to rise in the future, especially in less developed economies and among the poor spread across middle- and high-income countries. Indeed, the treatment and prevention of these pathologies constitute a crucial challenge for public health. The major non-communicable diseases share four modifiable behavioral risk factors: unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco usage and excess of alcohol consumption. Therefore, the adoption of healthy lifestyles, which include not excessive alcohol intake, no smoking, a healthy diet and regular physical activity, represents a crucial and economical strategy to counteract the global NCDs burden. This review summarizes the latest evidence demonstrating that Mediterranean-type dietary pattern and physical activity are, alone and in combination, key interventions to both prevent and control the rise of NCDs.
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