Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially, hypertension, excess weight, obesity, metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes, and vascular diseases, have increased rapidly in the last two decades and have reached an epidemic status worldwide. Some experts have compared this increase in the incidence of these diseases as “tsunamis”. Tsunamis’ are seasonal and unpredictable whereas, these diseases are predictable and not seasonal. So, what are we going to do about this situation? Are we going to sit and wait for some miracle to happen? What are the member nations of the United Nations, World Health Organization, NCD Task Force going to do about this, besides writing and publishing scary reports of future economic and healthcare disasters? In this overview, we would like to discuss briefly the salient findings on this topic, initiate a healthy dialogue, request suggestions, positive comments, and offer few suggestions.