Trends in Policy on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Japan

• Main Authors: Satoshi Ezoe (Author), Hiroyuki Noda (Author), Naoki Akahane (Author), Osamu Sato (Author), Takashi Hama (Author), Tatsunori Miyata (Author), Tomohiro Terahara (Author), Manami Fujishita (Author), Haruka Sakamoto (Author), Sarah Krull Abe (Author), Stuart Gilmour (Author), Tokuaki Shobayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract-For the past decades Japan has remained number one in a range of population health metrics including the world's longest healthy life expectancy. While this was achieved through various socioeconomic factors besides public health interventions, health promotion policies to prevent and...