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CVD and obesity in transitional Syria: a perspective from the Middle East

Author(s) -

Hani Barakat,

Barakat,

Mark Baaj

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

vascular health and risk management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1178-2048

pISSN - 1176-6344

DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s28691

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , disease , population , environmental health , risk factor , government (linguistics) , non communicable disease , demography , mortality rate , middle east , surgery , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , sociology

Syria is caught in the middle of a disruptive nutritional transition. Its healthcare system is distracted by challenges and successes in other areas while neglecting to address the onslaught of Syria's cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic. Despite the official viewpoint touting improvement in health indicators, current trends jeopardize population health, and several surveys in the Syrian population signal the epidemic spreading far and wide. The goal is to counteract the indifference towards obesity as a threat to Syrian's health, as the country is slowly becoming a leader in CVD mortality globally.

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