Community strategies for health promotion and prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases with a focus on physical activity and nutrition: the URO/FOCOS study protocol

Matías Monsalves-Álvarez, María Teresa Solis-Soto, María Soledad Burrone, Alejandro A. Candia, Emilio Jofré-Saldía, Gabriela Espinoza, Marcelo Flores-Opazo, Carlos Puebla, Denisse Valladares-Ide, Sebastián Jannas-Vela · 2024

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Matías Monsalves-Álvarez and co-authors set out a community health study protocol for Chile in this 2023 paper. Chronic non-communicable diseases cause seventy-one percent of deaths worldwide, some 41 million people a year. Inactivity and poor nutrition drive much of that toll.

Chile lacked local evidence on whether activity and food programs change health at regional scale. The URO/FOCOS study will test community strategies built on movement and nutrition. Its protocol spells out the design before results arrive. The team spans a regional university and health partners. Findings should tell local governments which prevention efforts deserve their budgets.

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CREATORMatías Monsalves-Álvarez, María Teresa Solis-Soto, María Soledad Burrone, Alejandro A. Candia, Emilio Jofré-Saldía, Gabriela Espinoza, Marcelo Flores-Opazo, Carlos Puebla, Denisse Valladares-Ide, Sebastián Jannas-Vela
YEAR2024
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LICENSECC BY 4.0
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SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10811261

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