The Lancet4h
The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children
Following the first 1000 days of life that span from conception to two years of age, the next 1000 days of a child's life from 2–5 years of age offer a window of opportunity to promote nurturing and ...
The Lancet4h
The first and next 1000 days: a continuum for child development in early life
The centrality of the first 1000 days—from conception to 2 years of age—for early childhood development is recognised in global research, policy, and practice as a crucial period for physical growth ...
The Lancet4h
Vedolizumab prophylaxis against postoperative Crohn's disease recurrence
Within 10 years of Crohn's disease diagnosis, up to 50% of people will require surgery, with ileocaecal or ileocolonic resection being the most common procedure.1 Surgery is not curative and disease ...
The Lancet1d
The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice
Building on the evidence from the first paper in this Series highlighting the fundamental importance of healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in the next 1000 days ...
The Lancet2d
Why mental health should be embedded across climate and health discussions at COP29
Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. The UN Climate Change ...
The Lancet3d
Mexico Summit 20 years on—gains and challenges
Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. 20 years ago, the ...
The Lancet3d
Associations of obesity with co-morbidities in early adult life
In The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Yair Zloof and colleagues1 show that obesity in otherwise healthy adolescents was ...
The Lancet3d
Health care in Ukraine: If everybody leaves, who will stay?
Earlier this year, Jarno Habicht, the WHO Representative in Ukraine, described the situation there as a “humanitarian crisis ...
The Lancet4d
The obesity crisis in the USA: why are there no signs of plateauing yet?
For decades, researchers from all obesity-related disciplines have been observing the escalating prevalence of people living ...
The Lancet4d
Brazil-led G20 to target hunger, poverty, and inequities
The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Nov 18–19 will address global health, but uncertainty over multilateralism under a new US President looms large. John Zarocostas reports.
The Lancet4d
Trump, health, science, and the next 4 years
Donald Trump's decisive re-election as US President on Nov 5 puts many aspects of health and science in a deeply concerning position. Although there is broader alarm about his openly authoritarian ...
The Lancet4d
Health taxes: missed opportunities for health and health-care financing
Every year more than 10 million people die unnecessarily from consuming tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages.1 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises constraining fiscal space, ...