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PREVENTING CHRONIC DISEASE
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.5888/pcd16.190143
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Our study estimated the proportion of deaths from major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that could be prevented in Brazil by reducing population-wide body mass index (BMI) to different counterfactual (optimally theoretical) scenarios. We calculated population-attributable fractions by using BMI data from a representative national survey and relative risks from a published meta-analysis. Reductions in population-wide BMI could prevent 30,715 to 168,431 deaths from NCDs per year in Brazil. Cardiovascular diseases were the most preventable causes of death (5.8%-31.5% deaths prevented). Policies are needed to reduce population-wide BMI in Brazil.
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