Risk of Non-Communicable Diseases among Medical Students and Strategies of Prevention: A Review Article

Abstract

University life-stage is a unique transitional period from adolescence to adulthood. This period is characterized by deterioration in health behaviors, including less activity, poor eating habits and adoption of smoking habit, with expected bad health outcomes in the form of NCDs. Thus, it is an important life stage for establishing life-long health habits that could reduce NCDs risk. This narrative review aims to provide information on the risk of NCDs among medical students, and how to decrease this risk. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases, WHO website, and grey literature was searched through Google Scholar including scientific literature published from August 2016 until August 2023.