This second article in the three-part series examining healthcare trends in Latin America considers the effects of ageing, chronic conditions and obesity on the region.

The number of overweight people has nearly tripled from 929 million in 1990 to 2.6 billion today, with children facing a projected 121% increase in obesity rates ...

The proportion of severely overweight children in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, with the highest rates seen in adolescents and Black children, a new study found.

The prevalence of ideal CV health metrics varies across populations, but even modest improvement may help mitigate the ...

World Economic Outlook - All Issues World Economic Outlook, July 2019 July 2019 Still Sluggish Global Growth Full Text PDF Global growth remains subdued. Since the April World Economic Outlook (WEO) ...

After slowing sharply in the last three quarters of 2018, the pace of global economic activity remains weak. Momentum in manufacturing activity, in particular, has weakened substantially, to levels ...

World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery examines the central role of finance in the economic recovery from the pandemic. It highlights the consequences of the crisis most ...