Relative effects on morbidity, longevity, lifetime social costs and inter-generational aspects need to be fully examined. The risk for these non-communicable diseases increases with increases in BMI. The Global Action Plan aims to contribute to progress on nine global NCD targets to be attained by 2025, including a 25-percent relative reduction in premature mortality from NCDs and a halt in the rise of global obesity, to match the rates of 2010. The implementation plan to guide countries in taking action to implement the recommendations of the Commission was welcomed by the World Health Assembly in 2017.