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What are the drivers of the new paradigm?
Pekka Puska
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David Hunter presents a useful discussion on, and arguments for, shifting our responses on contemporary public health problems from relying predominantly on health care to broad public health policies. The epidemiological basis of the argument is sound and well established: population-based prevention reducing general risk factor levels through changing lifestyles is by far the most cost-effective and sustainable way to reduce