Image 01/06/16 Education and obesity Do your homework Obesity and overweight is largely preventable, yet widespread around the world. They are particularly prevalent in richer countries. Since 1980, the global percentage of overweight adults has increased from around 30 to closer to 40. In Europe, the figure has reached 50.
Image 15/04/16 Children of older mothers do better New MPIDR study Children of older mothers are healthier, taller and obtain more education than the children of younger mothers, a new study from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock finds. Mikko Myrskylä, MPIDR-Director, and his colleague Kieron Barclay from the London School of Economics and Political Science conclude that the reason for this surprising finding is the continuous increase of educational opportunities and good health for people in industrialised countries.
Image 16/03/16 Draft scientific programme for the European Population Conference is now available The draft of the scientific programme for the 2016 European Population Conference in Mainz is now available online. You can find more information here: https://epc2016.princeton.edu/topics.
Image 14/01/2016 Public Health, Alcohol, and Persisting Myths by Aurelijus Veryga In principle, the goal of any public health policy is to make people’s lives in terms of health problems as boring as possible. When people don’t have to worry about their health, they can live out their normal lives, they can spend time with their families, they can work. Here is why I think lives in Europe are not boring enough yet. Read more about Public Health, Alcohol, and Persisting Myths
Image 05/01/2016 “Alcohol control is in the Stone Age in the EU.” An interview with Aurelijus Veryga If we may, we’d like to start this interview with a challenge. Explain to me, in as few words as possible, the rational—the raision d’être—behind public health policy. AV: To be very short, public health policy should make people's lives, in terms of health problems, as boring as possible so they can live out their normal lives, so they can spend time with their family, so they can work. I would say this is the most general definition of public health. Read more about “Alcohol control is in the Stone Age in the EU.”
Image 31/12/2015 Economics, Education and XL Sizes The relationship between obesity and economic development may depend on education Obesity levels have increased remarkably over the last thirty years throughout the globe. At the same time, there are considerable variations in the proportion of overweight adults across countries. So what are the factors behind this global divergence? Is economic development one of the drivers of such differences? Read more about Economics, Education and XL Sizes
Image 30/12/2015 Education Against Mortality Educational improvements will lead to remarkable health gains in Europe Across Europe, there have been consistent educational improvements for both women and men over time. Higher levels of education have been traditionally associated with lower mortality rates. Ivana Kulhánová, et al. estimate how further improvements in educational attainment influence future mortality reductions. Read more about Education Against Mortality