Background In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3·4 million deaths, 3·9%
of years of life lost, and 3·8% of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) worldwide. The rise …

Background There is widespread concern that the present economic crisis, particularly its
effect on unemployment, will adversely affect population health. We investigated how …

Introduction Private sector healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries is
sometimes argued to be more efficient, accountable, and sustainable than public sector delivery. …

… health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu reveal in this … In The Body Economic, Stuckler
and Basu mine data from … , Spain, and the US, Stuckler and Basu reveal that governmental …

Objectives. We estimated the relationship between soft drink consumption and obesity and
diabetes worldwide. Methods. We used multivariate linear regression to estimate the …

Importance Recent US health care reforms incentivize improved population health outcomes
and primary care functions. It remains unclear how much improving primary care physician …

Background Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-…

Background As mortality rates decline, life expectancy increases, and populations age, non-fatal
outcomes of diseases and injuries are becoming a larger component of the global …

Background Regularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, …