Morbid obesity is preventable, but you may need some intervention.
Studies show that iodine deficiency is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.
Some authorities have said that obesity is now overtaking smoking as the most preventable cause of premature death.
A root cause of the slowdown is housing, and so we continue to take actions that will avoid preventable foreclosures and speed a return to a healthy housing market.
Most cases of TB are preventable or curable.
We tracked numbing statistics like the million Africans who died annually from this preventable disease a decade ago.
But today, the health and vitality of our nation is at risk because of preventable diseases caused by poor eating habits.
No woman should have to endure a condition which is both preventable and treatable.
Many other preventable diseases are of concern, including hemorrhagic septicaemia, sheep and goat pox and many production limiting diseases, such as mastitis.
Injuries are non-random preventable events.
To meet that challenge and stay in the game, you must learn early on how to avoid some of the more preventable pitfalls.
In Europe alone, an average of one in every 10 patients admitted to hospital suffers some form of preventable harm.
Seven in ten of these deaths are due to preventable and treatable conditions.
More than 70% of all child deaths are caused by preventable and treatable conditions, like malaria, measles, HIV or diarrhoea.
The good news is that they're preventable.
Malaria is preventable and treatable.
