Why COVID-19 strengthens the case to scale up assault on non-communicable diseases: role of health professionals including physical therapists in mitigating pandemic waves

Why COVID-19 strengthens the case to scale up assault on non-communicable diseases: role of health professionals including physical therapists in mitigating pandemic waves

As SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, spread globally, the most severely affected sub-populations were the elderly and those with multi-morbidity largely related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), e.g., heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity. NCDs are largely preventabl...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Dean, Margot Skinner, Homer Peng-Ming Yu, Alice YM Jones, Rik Gosselink, Anne Söderlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2021-04-01
Series:AIMS Public Health
Subjects:
chronic low-grade systemic inflammation
covid-19
disease prevention
health promotion
non-communicable diseases
Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2021028?viewType=HTML

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