Preventive counseling on nutrition and physical activity according to the epidemiological study «Know Your Heart»

World Experience in Immunization against Noncommunicable Diseases: Successes and Vectors for Further Development

“…Due to the worse prognosis for the course of COVID-19 and the risk of developing long-term COVID in individuals with a history of NCDs, the COVID-19 pandemic has once again demonstrated the significance of NCDs in the structure of morbidity and mortality, confirming the need for timely disease detection and treatment [ 3 ]. The modern lifestyle brought on by the processes of urbanization, industrialization, and automation, characterized first and foremost by the presence of modifiable behavioral (e.g., sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, lack of work/rest schedule, and predominance of daily distress), as well as metabolic risk factors (e.g., high blood pressure, overweight/obesity, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia), contributes only to an increase in the prevalence and progression of the severity of NCDs [ 4 , 5 ]. According to Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, reducing premature mortality from NCDs by one-third by 2030 requires the implementation of new and improved prevention and treatment strategies.…”