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SUMMARY:Measuring and visualising worldwide trends in cardiovascular risk 
 factors - Professor Majid Ezzati\, Imperial College London
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CONTACT:Rosa Attwood
DESCRIPTION:Observational and randomised studies have established the impo
 rtance of adiposity\, height\, diabetes\, and elevated blood pressure and 
 lipids as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)\, and these risk
  factors are targets of population-based and individual interventions. \n\
 nAt this seminar Professor Majid Ezzati\, Chair in Global Environmental He
 alth\, Faculty of Medicine\, School of Public Health\, Imperial College Lo
 ndon\, will present the work of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Colla
 boration (NCD-RisC www.ncdrisc.org). This global network of health scienti
 sts provides rigorous estimates of NCD risk factors by pooling population-
 based data from around the world. The presentation will have particular fo
 cus on whether the worldwide rise in adiposity is associated with an incre
 ase in other major CVD risks\, and the implications for population health.
   \n\nChaired by Professor Nick Wareham\, Director of the MRC Epidemiology
  Unit and co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science. \n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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