The Atlantic (June 23)
As China has boomed so have obesity rates. “The number of Chinese people who are obese quintupled between 2005 and 2011, to nearly 100 million people. The World Health Organization estimates that 38.5 percent of the population was overweight in 2010, up from 25 percent in 2002. Male children from high-income families have an especially high rate of obesity.”
As China has boomed so have obesity rates. “The number of Chinese people who are obese quintupled between 2005 and 2011, to nearly 100 million people. The World Health Organization estimates that 38.5 percent of the population was overweight in 2010, up from 25 percent in 2002. Male children from high-income families have an especially high rate of obesity.”
Tags: China, Obesity, Overweight, Population, WHO
Washington Post （April 6）
“The world’s most significant social, political and economic development is its aging population….Within five years, for the first time in history, the number of adults 65 and older will exceed the number of children younger than 5, the World Health Organization reports. By mid-century, this demographic will outnumber children younger than 14, and more than 2 billion of the people on Earth will be 60 or older.”
“The world’s most significant social, political and economic development is its aging population….Within five years, for the first time in history, the number of adults 65 and older will exceed the number of children younger than 5, the World Health Organization reports. By mid-century, this demographic will outnumber children younger than 14, and more than 2 billion of the people on Earth will be 60 or older.”
Tags: Aging, Demographics, Population, WHO
New York Times (December 18)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has made “enormous progress over the past three years” in fighting malaria. Deaths from malaria declined by over 200,000 to 781,000 in 2009. With funding, deaths could be halved by 2012 and even eliminated by 2015. Alas, at $1.8 billion, funding is less than a third of what’s required. “Rich nations need to do more.”
