The future burden of obesity-related diseases in the 53 WHO European-Region countries and the impact of effective interventions: a modelling study

Conclusions
Modelling future disease trends is a useful tool for policymakers so that they can allocate resources effectively and implement policies to prevent NCDs. Future research will allow real policy interventions to be tested; however, better surveillance data on NCDs and their risk factors are essential for research and policy.

Source: BMJ Open - July 25, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Webber, L., Divajeva, D., Marsh, T., McPherson, K., Brown, M., Galea, G., Breda, J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Global health, Nutrition and metabolism, Public health, Research methods Source Type: research