Occupational Public Health: It's time to get to work

摘要

Demographics are changing across the world, with a dramatic increase in the mean age of the populations of many industrialized nations. In parallel, an important shift is unfolding in the type and global prevalence of diseases responsible for early morbidity, reduced quality of life and preventable deaths. Obesity is epidemic in many places throughout the world and the prevalence of its health consequences, including diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea, is on the rise. Increasing awareness that premature disability and death from non-communicable diseases is attributable to smoking, drinking, inadequate nutrition and sedentary lifestyle demands behavior change on a massive scale.