(1) Considerable global assets have been spent to prevent non-communicable diseases - for example, with major investments to improve the environment.

(2) In contrast, non-communicable diseases have been virtually ignored by local health departments.

(3) Chronic noncommunicable diseases have spread everywhere, fuelled as they are by universal trends, like rapid unplanned urbanization and the globalization of unhealthy lifestyles.

(4) However, as women age, noncommunicable diseases become major causes of death and disability, particularly after the age of 45 years.

(5) Noncommunicable disease mortality among FSU immigrants to Israel is lower than in the population of the Russian Federation.

(6) For all these reasons[/noncommunicable.html], noncommunicable diseases deliver a two-punch blow to development.

(7) As I said, this high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases must be a watershed event.

(8) The authors encourage aid agencies to provide more resources and help reduce the impact of noncommunicable chronic diseases.

(9) This year also saw the UN General Assembly address a health problem, for only the second time in history, during its special session on noncommunicable diseases.

(10) This will have to change, especially if we want to reverse the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases.

(11) The foundation for the action plan is the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2000), whose aim is to reduce premature mortality and improve quality of life.

(12) This new report is a key component of the 2008-2013 Action Plan for the implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.

(13) The report includes details of what proportion of each country's deaths are due to noncommunicable diseases.

(14) Life-long health promotion and disease prevention activities can prevent or delay the onset of noncommunicable and chronic diseases, such as heart disease(), stroke and cancer.

(15) And finally, we must make the prevention and control of chronic noncommunicable diseases and the improvement of maternal health top priorities on the development agenda.

(16) This was a bright side of last month's high level meeting on chronic noncommunicable diseases held during the UN General Assembly.

(17) Factors related to mental illness can interfere with the treatment of other illnesses and frequently co-occur with cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, cancer, and other noncommunicable diseases.

(18) Excellencies, you have the power to stop and reverse the noncommunicable disease disaster.

(19) This report provides all countries with a baseline for monitoring epidemiological trends and assessing the progress they are making to address noncommunicable diseases.

(20) Overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and more likely to develop noncommunicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age.

(21) The report also highlights what all countries need to do to reduce people's exposure to risk factors and improve services to prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases.

(22) This rebuilding takes time, of course, but the continuing threat of communicable and noncommunicable diseases adds urgency to the task.