“…Those are the cases of United Kingdom, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands or the United States, among others [3,20,25,35,40]. In Latin America, only Argentina has implemented the IMPACT model and, while they have experienced some increases in diabetes and obesity, the improvements in medical treatments and positive changes in cholesterol and blood pressure resulted in a net 29.8% reduction in deaths from 1995 to 2010 [15]. Mexico is PLOS ONE one of the few countries in Latin America that still experiences an upward trend for CHD mortality [5,14].…”