Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

B Zhou, P Perel, GA Mensah, M Ezzati - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease,
stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Mean blood …

Nutrition in adolescent growth and development

SA Norris, EA Frongillo, MM Black, Y Dong, C Fall… - The lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
During adolescence, growth and development are transformative and have profound
consequences on an individual's health in later life, as well as the health of any potential …

Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries

D Egger, E Miguel, SS Warren, A Shenoy, E Collins… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Despite numerous journalistic accounts, systematic quantitative evidence on economic
conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains scarce for most low-and middle …

[HTML][HTML] Early and long-term consequences of nutritional stunting: from childhood to adulthood

A Soliman, V De Sanctis, N Alaaraj… - Acta Bio Medica …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Linear growth failure (stunting) in childhood is the most prevalent form of undernutrition
globally. The debate continues as to whether children who become stunted before age 24 …

Dynamics of the double burden of malnutrition and the changing nutrition reality

BM Popkin, C Corvalan, LM Grummer-Strawn - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM), defined as the simultaneous manifestation of both
undernutrition and overweight and obesity, affects most low-income and middle-income …

A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China

J Qiao, Y Wang, X Li, F Jiang, Y Zhang, J Ma, Y Song… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health
(RMNCAH) is a cornerstone for the healthy development of the next generation and a …

[HTML][HTML] A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission

H Clark, AM Coll-Seck, A Banerjee, S Peterson… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

The economics of the COVID-19 pandemic in poor countries

E Miguel, AM Mobarak - Annual Review of Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This
article provides an interim overview of these effects, with a particular focus on low-and …

The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health

JC Wells, AL Sawaya, R Wibaek, M Mwangome… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Malnutrition has historically been researched and addressed within two distinct silos,
focusing either on undernutrition, food insecurity, and micronutrient deficiencies, or on …

The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion

G Bukhman, AO Mocumbi, R Atun, AE Becker, Z Bhutta… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary “As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one
will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, we wish …