Gaseous pollutants at the ground level seriously threaten the urban air quality environment
and public health. There are few estimates of gaseous pollutants that are spatially and …

Studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in the general population can inform
assessments of disease burden, research, public health policy and health system care …

Background The accumulation of disparate diseases in complex multimorbidity makes
prevention difficult if each disease is targeted separately. We aimed to examine obesity as a …

Excessive consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), as described by the NOVA
classification system, represents a potential threat to human health. The nutritional …

The global surges in obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have
created a need for decisive new food policy initiatives. A major concern has been the impact …

Executive Summary The Lancet Countdown is an international research collaboration that
independently monitors the evolving impacts of climate change on health, and the emerging …

Background Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Given
the recent increasing trends in colorectal cancer incidence globally, up-to-date information …

Climate change is the greatest existential challenge to planetary and human health and is
dictated by a shift in the Earth's weather and air conditions owing to anthropogenic activity …

A large body of evidence has emerged in the past decade supporting a role for the gut
microbiome in the regulation of blood pressure. The field has moved from association to …

Summary The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019
provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health …