Editorial: Eating behavior and chronic diseases: research evidence from population studies

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as overweight/obesity, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease, have been becoming a major global public health problem (1). NCDs account for over 70% of all deaths and impose significant economic burdens worldwide (1). Therefore, it is in urgent need on a global scale to implement effective and feasible actions against NCDs from either public health or economic viewpoint. NCDs are usually preventable, as they share key modifiable lifestyle and behavioral risk factors, including unhealthy eating behavior (1).