People are living longer in Africa but the rise of lifestyle diseases...
People in sub-Saharan Africa are now living longer than ever before. A child born in the region today is expected to live up to 64 years on average. This is a remarkable increase of 11 years since the
View ArticleKerala’s capital shows the way to sustainable living
Climate change is no distant matter and Thiruvananthapuram Collector K Vasuki, who is also a doctor by qualification, understands it in all seriousness. Like many of us, she knows that the years to come
View ArticleFood in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from...
Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support environmental sustainability, however our current trajectories threaten both. The EAT–Lancet Commission addresses the need to
View ArticleThe global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: The...
Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects of climate change will
View ArticleNaidu expresses concern over climate change
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Monday called upon all nations to collaborate and cooperate in an unparalleled manner to ensure sustainable development even as he expressed concern over the impact of
View ArticleExposure to residential greenness as a predictor of cause-specific mortality...
Living in areas with higher levels of surrounding greenness and access to urban green areas have been associated with beneficial health outcomes.
View ArticleOne in five adolescents in the world overweight in 2016: Lancet report
Globally, the number of 15-24 year olds who are not in education, employment or any kind of training is estimated to be around three times higher for younger women adolescents (175 million) than young
View ArticleAssociation between exposure to the natural environment, rurality, and...
Several small experimental studies and cross-sectional observational studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment might protect against attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
View ArticleA future for the world’s children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet
This new report published in the journal “ Lancet” says that the future of children around the world including India, is being threatened by ecological degradation and climate change and exploitative...
View ArticleGlobal status report on physical activity 2022
This Global status report on physical activity is WHO’s first dedicated global assessment of global progress on country implementation of policy recommendations of the Global Action Plan on Physical...
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