Risk, lifestyle and non-communicable diseases of poverty

Abstract Common discourse in public health and preventive medicine frames non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, as diseases of ‘lifestyle’; the choice of terminology implies that their prevention, control and management are amenable to individual action. In draw...

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Main Authors: Lenore Manderson, Sara Jewett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:Globalization and Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00914-z