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The primary determinants of chronic diseases are environmental factors, including diet and lifestyle.
Interventions should focus on modifying diet and lifestyle to prevent chronic diseases.
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These striking changes in rates within countries over time and among migrating populations indicate that the primary determinants of these diseases are not genetic but environmental factors, including diet and lifestyle.
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Prevention of chronic disease by means of diet and lifestyle changes.
Walter C. Willett et al. · 2006
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