Impact of school policies on non-communicable disease risk factors - a systematic review

• Main Authors: Ankur Singh (Author), Shalini Bassi (Author), Gaurang P. Nazar (Author), Kiran Saluja (Author), MinHae Park (Author), Sanjay Kinra (Author), Monika Arora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are identified as one of the leading causes of mortality. NCDs have several modifiable risk factors including unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol abuse. Schools provide ideal settings for health promotion, but th...