Buying Happiness in an Unequal World: Rank of Income More Strongly Predicts Well-Being in More Unequal Countries

A fatter, healthier but more unequal world

Lancet readers know that the world's population is getting heavier, but the detail in the latest overview of global trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and the proportion of individuals classifi ed as overweight and obese remains striking. 1 In their pooled analysis of 1698 population-based studies, with more than 19 million participants representing most countries, the NCD Risk Factor Collabo...

A more or less unequal world ? World income distribution in the 20 th century Bob Sutcliffe

A More or Less Unequal World? World Income Distribution in the 20th Century

Health in an unequal world

Globalization and disease: in an unequal world, unequal health!

In this paper, originally presented at an event held by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, the author analyzes the repercussions of globalization on various health aspects: the spread of infectious and parasitic diseases, bioterrorism, and new behavioral patterns in health, among others. He goes on to examine the positive and negative effects of international agreemen...