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Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity across the USA, at least doubling in adult men and women (aged 25 and older) and older female and male adolescents (aged 15-24 years) since 1990, with the number of people living with overweight and obesity reaching over 208 million in 2021.

First-of-its-kind analysis of national data reveals significant disparities in individual well-being as measured by lifespan, education, and income.

Noncommunicable diseases cause the majority of deaths in India, but public health responses fall short.

The Health Effects Institute’s report [in collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation] reveals that air pollution was responsible for 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021.

Comprehensive new report details health impacts of air pollution, which has moved ahead of tobacco and poor diet as a risk factor for death.

Canada, Japan, Singapore and Germany — places lauded for their successful efforts to contain COVID-19 — are now seeing unusual levels of excess mortality, said Christopher Murray, Washington-based director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Dr. Rafael Lozano presenta los nuevos resultados de la carga mundial de enfermedades en la Facultad de Medicina UNAM.

The ambitious study looked at air pollution on a global scale, across a 40 year period using NASA satellite data and incidences of premature death linked to air pollution from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in the US.

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) National Data Management and Analytics Center for Health (NDMC), in collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), has embarked on a transformative journey to revolutionize health data management and utilization for better health outcomes in Ethiopia and beyond.

The Global Burden of Disease 2021 shows that cardiovascular disease and musculoskeletal disorders are the biggest causes of disease burden in Norway.

While life expectancy is increasing in Norway, so will the burden of non-communicable diseases like Alzheimer's and low back pain.

IHME Engagement Officer Brian Whaley sat down with Aga Khan University's Zainab Samad to discuss how the two institutes are partnering to further health research in Pakistan.

Substantial differences existed in the way the 20 leading causes of disease affected females and males worldwide, a study [IHME-led GBD 2021 research] involving data from 1990 to 2021 found.

Download of the main results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 for all counties in Norway.

[The risk factors] are among the main determinants of the loss of years of healthy life among Portuguese people.

According to new GBD 2021 data, life expectancy is expected to increase by almost five years around the world by 2050.

In the absence of a major health innovation, these factors are predicted to remain relevant over the next several decades,” said Emmanuela Gakidou, co-founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

J. Stephen Morrison discusses the findings of the 5th IHME annual report Financing Global Health 2023 with Dr. Angela Apeagyei and Dr. Chris Murray.