Recently, a study of Scottish health data showed that efforts to reduce heart disease and stroke have stalled due to increased body weight and the incidence of diabetes
The study found that between 1990 and 2014, the incidence of heart disease and stroke dropped significantly due to the decline in blood pressure, cholesterol levels and smoking rates
Heart disease and stroke are the two leading causes of death worldwide
The study found that 74% of the decrease in the incidence of heart disease and 68% of the decrease in the incidence of stroke can be attributed to changes in risk factors
However, although researchers can be confident that changes in disease-causing risk factors have an impact on the incidence of heart attacks and strokes, they looked at each risk factor in isolation in their analysis, which means that their estimated impact may be exaggerated.
In addition, the situation is similar throughout the UK
The first author of the paper, Anoop Shah of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said public health policy should be updated to take into account the important effects of weight and diabetes increase
"There is a time interval between the development of diabetes and the development of heart and circulatory diseases
"Overweight is a complex problem.
Related paper information: https://doi.
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