Moving the science of behavior change into the 21st century: novel solutions to prevent disease and promote health.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)?such as heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung disease?kill more people globally than infectious diseases and are responsible for about two-thirds of deaths worldwide [1]. Six out of the seven most important risk factors for premature death (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high body mass index, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, phys...