chronic disease

1. A disease of long duration. (Compare acute disease.)

Example Sentences

However, "given the disproportionate risks of chronic disease to the most disadvantaged groups and the costs of a poor diet to individuals, healthcare systems and finances, it is beyond time to act" on UPFs, she said.

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"We also need to consider how other medications interact with exercise to develop better guidelines for doctors to help people lower chronic disease risk."

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He called obesity "the number one driver of chronic disease" in the US.

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“If we can enter into the experience with patients early on, we really can offset a lot of chronic disease that may come later,” Shepherd said.

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But scientists have said the virus, which has a 90% chance of causing chronic disease in babies infected within the first year of life, can be passed from mothers to babies during childbirth or transmitted through shared surfaces such as towels and toothbrushes.

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