Foreword   With James S. Marks, MD, MPH and Janet L. Collins, PhD

v

Preface   With Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH, Ross C. Brownson, PhD, and Mark V. Wegner, MD, MPH

vii

Contributors to Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Control

ix

SECTION 1

PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES

1

Current Issues and Challenges in Chronic Disease Control   With Matthew McKenna, MD, MPH and Janet Collins, PhD

1

2

Methods in Chronic Disease Epidemiology   With Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH, Ross Brownson, PhD, and David Savitz, PhD

27

3

Intervention Methods for Chronic Disease Control   With Robert J. McDermott, PhD, Julie A. Baldwin, PhD, Carol A. Bryant, PhD, and Rita D. DeBate, PhD

59

4

Chronic Disease Surveillance   With Mark V. Wegner, MD, MPH, Angela Rohan, PhD, and Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH

95

SECTION 2

SELECTED CHRONIC DISEASE RISK FACTORS

5

Tobacco Use   With Corinne G. Husten, MD, MPH

117

6

Diet and Nutrition   With Nasuh Malas, MD, MPH, Kathleen M. Tharp, PhD, MPH, RD, and Susan B. Foerster, MPH, RD

159

7

Physical Activity   With Barbara E. Ainsworth, PhD, MPH, FACSM and Caroline A. Macera, PhD, FACSM

199

8

Alcohol Use   With Mary C. Dufour, MD, MPH, Rear Admiral, USPHS (Retired)

229

SECTION 3

MAJOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS

9

Obesity and Overweight   With Deborah A. Galuska, MPH and William H. Dietz, MD, MPH

269

10

Diabetes   With Donald B. Bishop, PhD, Patrick J. O’Connor, MD, MPH, and Jay Desai, MPH

291

11

High Blood Pressure   With Leonelo E. Bautista, MD, DrPH

335

12

High Blood Cholesterol   With Heather M. Johnson, MD and Patrick E. McBride, MD, MPH

363

SECTION 4

MAJOR CHRONIC DISEASES

13

Cardiovascular Disease   With Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD, Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, and Alan Sim, MS

383

14

Cancer   With Ross C. Brownson, PhD and Corinne Joshu, PhD, MPH, MA

429

15

Chronic Respiratory Diseases   With Henry A. Anderson, MD and Mark Werner, PhD

469

16

Mental Disorders   With Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH

513

17

Neurological Disorders   With Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH

531

18

Arthritis and Other Musculoskeletal Diseases   With Rosemarie Hirsch, MD, MPH and Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH

571

19

Chronic Liver Disease   With Adnan Said, MD, MS and Jennifer Wells, MD

593

20

Kidney Disease   With Vishnu Moorthy, MD and Jonathan B. Jaffery, MD, MS

623

Index

645