The causes (risk factors) of chronic **** are well established and well known; a small set of common risk factors are responsible for most of the main chronic ****. These risk factors are modifiable and the same in men and *****:
- unhealthy diet;
- physical inactivity;
- tobacco use.
These causes are expressed through the intermediate risk factors of raised blood pressure, raised glucose levels, abnormal blood lipids, overweight and obesity. The major modifiable risk factors, in conjunction with the non-modifiable risk factors of age and heredity, explain the majority of new events of heart **, , chronic respiratory ** and some important cancers. The relationship between the major modifiable risk factors and the main chronic *** is similar in all regions of the world.
