Most of the research and clinical papers in this month's Journal touch on aspects of the non-cancer, non-communicable diseases, their antecedents, and consequences, that threaten to inundate healthcare systems in Western societies: obesity, diabetes, vascular disease, and multimorbidity. These are massive and growing problems for communities, health care, and economies, and much of the burden of management, and a good deal of the expectation of health improvements, falls on general practice and primary care.
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