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A line chart titled “Health Risks in LMICs” shows how the leading risk factors for disease burden change in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 1990 to 2023. In 1990, malnutrition ranks highest, followed by unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), household air pollution, high blood pressure, dietary risks, tobacco, and high body-mass index. Over time, noncommunicable disease risks rise. By 2023, high blood pressure and dietary risks are the top contributors, while malnutrition and household air pollution decline in rank. Tobacco and high body-mass index increase modestly, and unsafe WASH drops to the lowest rank. The chart highlights a shift from communicable and environmental risks toward chronic disease risks in LMICs.

Does Pandemic Preparedness Depend on Confronting the Chronic Disease Crisis?

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An analysis looks at whether strategies to reduce the global burden of noncommunicable disease could aid pandemic preparedness

A vendor selling snacks and refreshment drinks waits for customers outside Alipore Zoological Garden, in Kolkata, India, on May 1, 2024.

To Tackle Obesity, India Needs More Than High Soda Taxes

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New taxes and policy target soft drinks, but they overlook other sugary beverages and the country's "obesogenic environment"

Women Bear Mexico's Diabetes Crisis

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Nearly 10% of Mexico's population lives with diabetes, and women are diagnosed at higher rates than men

Women Bear Mexico's Diabetes Crisis

U.S. Recycled Prosthetic Limbs Help Sri Lankan Amputees Walk Again

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A 200-year-old charity is tapping modern technology to help Sri Lanka weather a silent health crisis

U.S. Recycled Prosthetic Limbs Help Sri Lankan Amputees Walk Again

How COVID Increased Childhood Obesity in India

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The consequences of the rise in childhood obesity include type 2 diabetes and asthma

How COVID Increased Childhood Obesity in India

Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon

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How the Oscar nominee's depiction of diabetes outlines a greater problem for communities haunted by colonialism

Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon

Diabetes in Pregnancy Is On the Rise Among South Asian Women in the United States

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As the nation diversifies, why a "one-size-fits-all" approach won't work for treating gestational diabetes

Diabetes in Pregnancy Is On the Rise Among South Asian Women in the United States

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don't Stop for War

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During humanitarian crises, chronic diseases become more complicated

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don't Stop for War

The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Bad. Could it Have Been Even Worse?

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A look at how pre-pandemic health-care trends affected COVID-19 mortality rates

The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Bad. Could it Have Been Even Worse?

Casualties of COVID: Insulin and Dialysis 

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How the pandemic has been life-threatening to people living with diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Casualties of COVID: Insulin and Dialysis

Expanding Health-Care Access in Times of Coronavirus

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Health and wellness centers have expanded access to primary health-care services in Punjab, India—even in the pandemic

Snapshot from a time when it's far from normal: women carry cattle fodder through a mustard field on Earth Day, amid the coronavirus lockdown, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on April 22, 2020. This is a stunning photo showing three women with large bales of freshly cut plants on their heads walking through a field thrown into a yellow hue because of the flowering mustard greens. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

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Interview with Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins on the intersection of race, health, and COVID-19

The photo shows the council vice president standing in front of a slate-colored brick wall with her hands together looking at the camera.