New U.S. dietary guidelines: Progress, not perfection 

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released on January 31, but an article in HSPH's Nutrition Source argues that the recommendations don't go far enough.   

Obesity rises worldwide

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, according to a major study on how three important heart disease risk factors have changed across the world over the last three decades. The study shows that in 2008, more than one in ten of the world's adult population was obese, with women more likely to be obese than men. An estimated 205 million men and 297 million adult women were obese--a total of more than half a billion adults worldwide. Read more

 Watch March 8 live webcast:  

The Forum @ HSPH  

The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies -- Mammograms: Who in the world are they good for?

Tuesday, March 8, 2011
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET
Watch at www.ForumHSPH.org

EXPERT PARTICIPANTS

Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General for Family and Community Health, World Health Organization

Felicia Knaul, Director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Secretariat of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries

Mette Kalager, Researcher and lead author of The New England Journal of Medicine article suggesting that mammography may be less effective in reducing death rates than previously estimated. She also is a surgeon at Oslo University Hospital and is a visiting scientist at HSPH.

MODERATOR
Abigail Trafford: Author and Former Health Editor, The Washington Post

Submit questions for the expert participants before the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu.

Dean Frenk, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon call for action to address chronic disease in developing countries

HSPH Dean Julio Frenk spoke on a panel about the rising burden of chronic disease in the developing world at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 27. The panel called for international cooperation to address the 35 million deaths worldwide that occur each year from chronic disease. Read more

Scholarships launched a virus hunter

Critical funding from HSPH scholarship programs helped "virus hunter" Nathan Wolfe launch his groundbreaking work tracking emerging pandemics while a doctoral student at the School. Support scholarships at the Harvard School of Public Health and help the next generation of public health leaders realize their potential.