The cohort interpretation implies that recent birth cohorts will cause a dramatic increasing prevalence of MDD in successively older age groups as these birth cohorts age during upcoming decades.
14 Despite the limited compliance and long-term efficacy of lifestyle changes along with the dramatic increase of prevalence of obesity and its associated health cost and comorbidities, very few medications have been developed to match the need for therapeutic agents targeting obesity.
The dramatic decrease in prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths with respect to that observed about 20 years ago (> 40%) evidences the success of the preventive chemotherapy intervention implemented in 1986.
We do not know whether this approach will work or whether a similar dramatic rise in prevalence of these strains, as seen in UK hospitals recently, will occur (36 ).
The dramatic increase in prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and NAFLD has been linked to the global diffusion of the Western diet, characterized by excess caloric intake due to increased consumption of processed food and beverages, coupled with a more sedentary lifestyle [ 2, 3].
"But it would lead to a dramatic escalation in the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease".
"The dramatic increase in the prevalence of interest-only loans, as well as the introduction of other relatively exotic forms of adjustable-rate mortgages, are developments of particular concern". The lure of such loans is obvious.
Since age is the largest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, we can expect to see an equally dramatic increase in the prevalence of this most cruel of diseases.
Soon after, the accumulation of woody debris sparked a dramatic increase in the prevalence of wildfire, another key shaper of the landscapes.
Blaser points out that the rise (let along overuse) of antibiotics coincides with dramatic increases in the prevalence of allergies, asthma, Type 1 diabetes, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.
