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Jennifer Falbe and Brittany Lemmon on Front of packaging nutrient labelling in USA

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Dr Jennifer Falbe and Brittany Lemmon sit down with Rachel Kerslake to discuss their study "Comparing the efficacy of front-of-package nutrient labels designed for mandatory implementation: An online randomized controlled trial" and the implications this has for the public in the USA.

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(26)00027-7/fulltext

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Hongqiao Fu and Tiange Chen on health taxes in China (in Chinese)

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000

傅虹桥和陈天歌与吴卉讨论征收烟草、酒精和含糖饮料健康税对中国健康、宏观经济和财政的积极影响。

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00256-7/fulltext

Hongqiao Fu and Tiange Chen on health taxes in China

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Hongqiao Fu and Tiange Chen speak with Hui Wu about the health, macroeconomic, and fiscal potential of health taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages in China.

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00256-7/fulltext

Yao Yao on healthy ageing in China ( in Chinese)

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

姚尧与吴卉探讨关于中国健康老龄化的研究发现以及促进健康长寿的性别差异策略。

Click here to listen to the English version of this podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1793453/episodes/18130326

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00253-1/fulltext

Yao Yao on healthy ageing in China

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Dr. Yao Yao speaks to Hui Wu about healthy ageing in China and sex-specific approaches to promoting healthy longevity.

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00253-1/fulltext

Davide Rasella on the benefits of the Brazilian Conditional Cash Transfer programme

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Davide Rasella speaks with Pierre Nauleau about the Brazilian Conditional Cash Transfer programme (the Bolsa Família programme), the beneficial health effects it provided over the last 20 years it has been implemented and the potential benefits it could have in the future depending on different evolution scenarios.

You can listen to the Portuguese version of this podcast here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1793453/episodes/17402402

You can read the full article here:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00091-X/fulltex?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_June_25_lanpub

Daniella Cavalcanti sobre os programa brasileiro de Transferência Condicionada de Renda (in Portuguese)

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0000

This podcast is in Portuguese. The English version is also available in the feed.

Davide Rasella e Daniella Cavalcanti conversam com Pierre Nauleau e Taissa Vila sobre o programa brasileiro de Transferência Condicionada de Renda (o Bolsa Família), os efeitos benéficos que ele proporcionou à saúde nos últimos 20 anos de implementação e os potenciais benefícios que poderá ter no futuro, dependendo de diferentes cenários de evolução.
Se desejar ouvir a versão em inglês desta conversa, acesse https://www.buzzsprout.com/1793453/episodes/17402555.

Você pode ler este artigo aqui:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00091-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_June_25_lanpub

Marie Ng on public health in ASEAN

Tue, 27 May 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Marie Ng speaks to Hui Wu about four Global Burden of Disease studies on cardiovascular diseases, smoking, mental health and injury in the ASEAN to inform public health priorities setting and policy planning.

You can read the four GBD papers here:

Smoking: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00326-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_lanpub

Injury burden: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00069-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_lanpub

Cardiovascular disease: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00087-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_lanpub

Mental disorders: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00098-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_lanpub

Valery Feigin on the global burden of epilepsy

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Valery Feigin speaks to Pierre Nauleau about the Global Burden of Disease study on epilepsy.

Read the full article, Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00302-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_lanpub

Jane Pirkis and Keith Hawton on a public health approach to suicide prevention

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Jane Pirkis and Keith Hawton speak to Anika Knuppel about The Lancet Public Health Series on a public health approach to suicide prevention.

Read the Series:
https://www.thelancet.com/series/suicide-prevention?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpub

Rachel Lowe on health and climate change in Europe

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Rachel Lowe and Anika Knuppel discuss the 2024 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00055-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpub

Hannah Kuper on health inequalities facing people living with disabilities

Wed, 01 May 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Hannah Kuper and Anika Knuppel discuss the life expectancy gap for people living with disabilities and the role of health systems for change.

Maren Jeleff on cancer and homelessness

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Maren Jeleff discusses the findings and implications of their Review of cancer risk factors and access to cancer prevention services for people experiencing homelessness.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00298-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpub

Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and Sasha Khomenko on emissions, air pollution, and mortality

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and Sasha Khomenko discuss the contributions of emissions from different sources to ambient air pollution and mortality in Europe, and the state of air quality in Europe.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00106-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpub

Jennifer Smith on cervical cancer screening

Thu, 11 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Jennifer Smith and Stephanie Becker discuss the results of the My Body, My Test trial and the role of HPV self-collection in improving cervical cancer screening in under-screened women in the USA.

Read the full article at: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00076-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_lanpub

Heather Wardle on the association between gambling and suicide attempts

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:00:00 +0000

Heather Wardle and Cahal McQuillan discuss the association between gambling and suicide attempts, the implications for prevention activities and policies, and the Lancet Public Health’s upcoming Commission.

Read the full article:
Changes in severity of problem gambling and subsequent suicide attempts: a longitudinal survey of young adults in Great Britain, 2018–20

Edda Bjork Thordardottir on workplace sexual harassment and violence among women in Iceland

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Edda Bjork Thordardottir discusses the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment and sexual violence among women in Iceland, and the demographic and workplace-related risk factors associated with this type of sexual harassment and violence.

Read the full article, a cross-sectional study of risk factors for workplace sexual harassment and violence in a national cohort of women, in The Lancet Public Health: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00201-8/fulltext

Cristina Mesa-Vieira on mental health disorders among migrants

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Cristina Mesa-Vieira discusses the higher risk of mental health disorders among migrants who have been exposed to armed conflict, and the need for timely mental health support after resettlement.

Read the full article:
Mental health of migrants with pre-migration exposure to armed conflict: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amanda Paluch on the association between daily steps and mortality risk

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Amanda Paluch discusses a new, large, international evidence synthesis, looking at the association between daily steps and mortality risk.

Read the full article:
Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts

Dan Lewer on mortality trends in opioid users in England

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Dan Lewer discusses recent mortality trends in people who use illicit opioids in England, and whether these have any association with ageing of this patient population.

Read the full article:
Causes of death among people who used illicit opioids in England, 2001–18

Jasper Been on smoke-free polices and children’s health

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Jasper Been discusses two new papers looking at the link between smoke-free polices in cars and outdoor areas and children's smoke exposure and respiratory health.

Read the paper: Effect of smoke-free policies in outdoor areas and private places on children's tobacco smoke exposure and respiratory health: a systematic review and meta-analysis: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00097-9/fulltext

Read the paper: Associations between smoke-free vehicle legislation and childhood admissions to hospital for asthma in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis of whole-population data: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00129-8/fulltext

Lindsey Richardson on income assistance payments

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Lindsey Richardson discusses a trial testing whether changing the timing and frequency of income assistance payments made to people who use drugs could mitigate drug use escalation and related harms around payment days.

Read the full article:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00023-2/fulltext