The new Global Syndemic: how obesity, under-nutrition and climate change join up
Channel: University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau
Date: 2019-01-27

Professor William Dietz (George Washington University) and Professor Boyd Swinburn (University of Auckland) co-chaired the 2019  Lancet Commission on Obesity. They explain how powerful vested interests and misplaced economic incentives are major drivers of the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition and climate change, and how we can tackle this global syndemic starting with grassroots action.