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What Are Preventable Health Outcomes?

What Are Preventable Health Outcomes? (0:22)

Preventable health outcomes are conditions that are often caused by lifestyles choices, says HealthMaker Ginny Ehrlich, CEO of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and some mental health conditions.

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When we talk about preventable health outcomes, we're talking about the gamut of diseases and conditions that we know are largely contributed to by lifestyle behavior. So diabetes, heart disease, cancer, some mental health conditions would also fall in the list.