The first 1000 days
The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cardiovascular disease (CVD), allergy, diabetes and obesity has rapidly increased over the past two decades becoming one of the leading causes of premature morbidity, disability and death globally4. The performance of the UK in terms of premature mortality is persistently and significantly below the mean of comparable countries5.
In addition:
- Cases of CVD are expected to rise to 2.8million by 20206
- 300,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed every year6
- 4.05 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes7
- 70% of NHS spending is on people with long term conditions6
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