Sentences with phrase «disease of epidemic proportions»

In his 1984 book, A Place Called School, he asked, «Boredom is a disease of epidemic proportions.

The fear of healthy dietary fat is actually part of why we're currently struggling with obesity, diabetes, and heart disease of epidemic proportions.

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Artificial feeding increases the risk of not only childhood infections, but also of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancers, which are assuming epidemic proportions.

The Centers for Disease Control reports that non-medical use of prescription opioids has reached epidemic proportions in the United States in the past five years.

Senator Ken LaValle, who represents portions of Eastern Long Island, says Lyme disease has reached epidemic proportions in his district.

Barring a medical breakthrough, the incidence of the disease is expected to reach epidemic proportions as the nation's 76 million baby boomers move into old age.

Tuberculosis reached epidemic proportions, and infant mortality rates quadrupled, with acute respiratory diseases accounting for 50 percent of the deaths.

«Tobacco smoking has now reached epidemic proportions in Asia and it is likely, with the maturation of this epidemic, and the lack of effective tobacco control efforts, smokers will continue to face an increased risk of death from cancer and other diseases.»

Little did I know that incidents of Lyme disease would soon accelerate to epidemic proportions.

But sadly not before heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and a whole host of other catastrophic diseases have reached epidemic proportions!

Unfortunately, very little coconut oil is consumed in the U.S. and metabolic syndrome — along with its symptoms of obesity, diabetes and heart disease — is reaching epidemic proportions!

The incidence of chronic disease has reached epidemic proportions; functional medicine offers a more effective approach for the prevention and treatment of complex, chronic health problems than the acute - care model that most health services are still based on,» Jones added.

Diabetes has grown to epidemic proportions and the latest statistics revealed by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) state that 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, or 9.3 % of the population.

(Naturalhealth365) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the presence of excess fat in the liver, is approaching epidemic proportions — with experts estimating the prevalence at 20 to 30 percent worldwide.

The Journal of American Medical Association has shown that heart disease kills 800,000 people per year and cancer kills 700,000, while diabetes and childhood obesity are rising to epidemic proportions.

Although the last Ebola outbreak was far from pandemic proportions (a global disease outbreak), the panic - level reactions in the western media to this currently West - African based epidemic gave many the impression that we were facing a crisis on the level of Spanish flu.

With the Center for Disease Control stating that type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, life insurance companies are faced with the challenge of how to underwrite the disease so that it is properly assessed in the context to the risk pool they need to pDisease Control stating that type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, life insurance companies are faced with the challenge of how to underwrite the disease so that it is properly assessed in the context to the risk pool they need to pdisease so that it is properly assessed in the context to the risk pool they need to protect.