The Globalist

An unusually complicated web of existing policy and lobby influences keep governments from forging ahead.

Experts say consumers are still eating too much added sugar each day.

They dominate dietary research and policymaking, making public health adjustments challenging.

Across five economic dimensions, women’s inclusion in recent years has been slower than in other areas of life.

Health outcomes are even closer but moving in the wrong direction.

What is the U.S. share of the global problem compared to overall population share?

The U.S. relative child poverty rate is the worst of the G7 economies.

Almost one in ten German children is seriously disadvantaged.

The measure still used globally for obesity actually does not measure fat.

Adults consume too much salt, in a staggering 181 of 187 countries studied