Prospective impact of tobacco eradication and overweight and obesity eradication on future morbidity and health-adjusted life expectancy: simulation study.

Background: Interventions that reduce morbidity, in addition to mortality, warrant prioritisation. It is important to understand the magnitude of potential morbidity and health gains from changing risk factor distributions. We quantified the impact of tobacco compared with overweight/obesity eradication on future morbidity and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) for the New Zealand population alive in 2011.

Dietary fiber intake and risk of first stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Purpose: Fiber intake is associated with reduced stroke risk in prospective studies, but no meta-analysis has been published to date.

Methods: Multiple electronic databases were searched for healthy participant studies reporting fiber intake and incidence of first hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, published between January 1990 and May 2012.

Results: Eight cohort studies from the United States, northern Europe, Australia, and Japan met inclusion criteria.