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Acronyms and Abbreviations
BMI |
body mass index |
CDC |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
GDA |
Guideline Daily Amount |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
HELIUS |
Healthy Life in an Urban Setting |
IDF |
International Diabetes Federation |
IHME |
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
MAPPS |
Management Advocacy for Providers, Patients, and Systems |
NCD |
noncommunicable disease |
NCD-RisC |
Noncommunicable Diseases Risk Factor Collaboration |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
RODAM |
Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants |
UN |
United Nations |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WHO-CHOICE |
World Health Organization’s CHOosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective |