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The establishment of public health policies and the burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Americas

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dc.contributor.author Diaz, Luis Antonio
dc.contributor.author Fuentes-Lopez, Eduardo
dc.contributor.author Ayares, Gustavo
dc.contributor.author Idalsoaga, Francisco
dc.contributor.author Arnold, Jorge
dc.contributor.author Marquez-Lomas, Andrea
dc.contributor.author Ramirez, Carolina A.
dc.contributor.author Medel, Maria Paz
dc.contributor.author Vinuela, Francisca
dc.contributor.author Lacalle, Lucas
dc.contributor.author Pablo Roblero, Juan
dc.contributor.author Ferreccio, Catterina
dc.contributor.author Lazo, Mariana
dc.contributor.author Brahmania, Mayur
dc.contributor.author Singal, Ashwani K.
dc.contributor.author Dirchwolf, Melisa
dc.contributor.author Mendez-Sanchez, Nahum
dc.contributor.author Chavez-Tapia, Norberto
dc.contributor.author Guerra, Patricia
dc.contributor.author Restrepo, Juan Carlos
dc.contributor.author Oliveira, Claudia P.
dc.contributor.author Lombardo, Julissa
dc.contributor.author Sanchez, Abel
dc.contributor.author Elizondo, Martin
dc.contributor.author Tagle, Martin
dc.contributor.author Padilla, Martin
dc.contributor.author Sanchez, Marco
dc.contributor.author Carrera, Enrique
dc.contributor.author Girala, Marcos
dc.contributor.author Chery, Omega
dc.contributor.author Castellanos-Fernandez, Marlen
dc.contributor.author Barrera, Francisco
dc.contributor.author Lazarus, Jeffrey, V
dc.contributor.author Kamath, Patrick S.
dc.contributor.author Bataller, Ramon
dc.contributor.author Arrese, Marco
dc.contributor.author Pablo Arab, Juan
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-25T20:36:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-25T20:36:42Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11872
dc.description.abstract Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 20–25% of the general population and is associated with morbidity, increased mortality, and elevated health-care costs. Most NAFLD risk factors are modifiable and, therefore, potentially amenable to being reduced by public health policies. To date, there is no information about NAFLD-related public health policies in the Americas. In this study, we analysed data from 17 American countries and found that none have established national public health policies to decrease NAFLD-related burden. There is notable heterogeneity in the existence of public health policies to prevent NAFLD-related conditions. The most common public health policies were related to diabetes (15 [88%] countries), hypertension (14 [82%] countries), cardiovascular diseases (14 [82%] countries), obesity (nine [53%] countries), and dyslipidaemia (six [35%] of countries). Only seven (41%) countries had a registry of the burden of NAFLD, and efforts to raise awareness in the Americas were scarce. The implementation of public health policies are urgently needed in the Americas to decrease the burden of NAFLD. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Lancet. Gastroenterology and Hepatology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Public Health en_US
dc.subject non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases en_US
dc.subject the Americas en_US
dc.title The establishment of public health policies and the burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Americas en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00008-5
dc.relation.issn 2468-1253


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