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Global Health

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.

Johanna Ralston, Sir Trevor Hassell , Vanessa Candeias, and Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen 21 Sep 2018

Global Health

We need to change the narrative around obesity. Here's why

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...

Donna Ryan, Vanessa Candeias, and Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen 17 May 2018

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