With less than 5 months until the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change is held in Paris, France, the world has a unique but fast-closing window …

As socioeconomic status and access to health care improve, the disease burden of a
population tends to undergo an epidemiological transition: populations appear to transition …

Executive summary The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown is published as the world
confronts profound and concurrent systemic shocks. Countries and health systems continue …

China experienced unprecedented heavy smog pollution in the winter of 2016–17. Northern
Chinese areas surrounding Beijing suffered most seriously. At the beginning of 2017, the …

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equity requires action on the social and environmental determinants of health. Examples …

Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and
quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is …

What and how we eat have important environmental impacts, with 26% of anthropogenic
greenhouse gas emissions globally attributed to the total food supply chain. 1 As a response …

Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and
quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is …

Executive summary With growing health risks from climate change and a trend of increasing
carbon emissions from coal, it is time for China to take action. The rising frequency and …

Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with toxic and dependence-producing properties, which
is consumed worldwide. More than 2 billion people, or about three of ten individuals, are …