Inaction on obesity is bad for sustainable development
Without a healthy human population, none of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are achievable. It's time we recognized obesity as the public health crisis it is.
1991, MSc in Finance and Business Administration, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark. 1991, joined Novo Nordisk as Economist, Health Care, Economy and Planning; has completed overseas postings in the Netherlands, the US and Japan. 2004, appointed Senior Vice-President, IT and Corporate Development. January 2013, appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, assuming responsibility for IT, Quality and Corporate Development. November 2014, took over the responsibilities for Corporate People and Organisation and Business Assurance and became Chief of Staff. January 2017, appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Chairman of the Board, NNE Pharmaplan, Denmark.
Without a healthy human population, none of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are achievable. It's time we recognized obesity as the public health crisis it is.
More than 650 million adults and 120 million children worldwide live with obesity - and it is on the increase. Here's how to approach a global crisis with devastating social, economic and...