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The Lancet (October 10)

2017/ 10/ 12 by jd in Global News

On a somewhat encouraging note, a recent study on worldwide trends in weight finds “the rising trends in children’s and adolescents’ BMI have plateaued in many high-income countries, albeit at high levels.” On a less positive note, childhood obesity “has accelerated in parts of Asia.” Nevertheless, food security remains an urgent priority because “the number of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years in the world who are moderately or severely underweight remains larger than those who are obese.” Striking the right balance remains challenging as “the experiences of east Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean show that the transition from underweight to overweight and obesity can be rapid, and overwhelm the national capacity needed to engender a healthy transition.”

 

Sun-Sentinel (September 18)

2017/ 09/ 19 by jd in Global News

Located in hard-hit Broward County, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reminds readers that the Caribbean was hit much harder and is bracing for more. “Our island neighbors have been living a nightmare since Hurricane Irma hit two weeks ago…. Paradise has become a hellhole…. We have our own hurricane headaches here in Florida…. Even still, we cannot forget our neighbors to the south. They got clobbered hard, many of them harder than a lot of us. Now they’re staring down Hurricane Maria…. Our Caribbean neighbors need our help.”

 

Time (January 4)

2017/ 01/ 05 by jd in Global News

“Sea surface temperatures have risen globally in recent years as a result of man-made climate change,” but not uniformly. Though more hurricanes are being spawned in the middle of the Atlantic, temperatures along the U.S. coast “have remained relatively cool,” providing protection. Many storms “hit Caribbean islands hard but leave the U.S. largely unscathed.” Alas, the favorable “surface temperatures that protect the U.S. could easily disappear.”

 

Financial Times (January 29)

2016/ 01/ 30 by jd in Global News

Though the Zika virus has been present in Africa since at least 1947, it only “arrived in South and Central America over the past two years and is now proliferating rapidly.” In addition to alarming the World Health Organization with its explosive growth, Zika has investors worried. “Shares in cruise operators and airlines took a hit on Thursday amid growing concerns that the virus could dissuade tourists from heading to the Caribbean.”

 

Euromoney (July 24)Euromoney (July 24)

2012/ 07/ 27 by jd in Global News

Euromoney’s Country Risk Survey shows “further deterioration in perceptions of sovereign risk across all main global regions this year. In total, 108 of the 186 countries in the survey have become riskier in the first half of the year…. Only two regions of the world have seen an improvement in their average risk scores during the last six months: Australasia and the Caribbean.”

Euromoney’s Country Risk Survey shows “further deterioration in perceptions of sovereign risk across all main global regions this year. In total, 108 of the 186 countries in the survey have become riskier in the first half of the year…. Only two regions of the world have seen an improvement in their average risk scores during the last six months: Australasia and the Caribbean.”

 

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