Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

The prevalence of obesity, measured by body mass index, has risen to unacceptable levels
in both men and women in the United States and worldwide with resultant hazardous health …

Background Global development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for
benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases …

A key public health need is to identify individuals at high risk for a given disease to enable
enhanced screening or preventive therapies. Because most common diseases have a …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and …

Background Universal health coverage has been proposed as a strategy to improve health
in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, this is contingent on the …

Objective: The authors examined the prospective relationship between physical activity and
incident depression and explored potential moderators. Method: Prospective cohort studies …

Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is
growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. 1 Because these population shifts …

Traumatic dental injuries (TDI s) account for a considerable proportion of bodily injuries.
Nevertheless, global TDI frequency is unknown, probably because TDI diagnosis is not …

Purpose This article summarizes relevant findings related to low back and neck pain from
the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reports for the purpose of informing the Global Spine …