HLTH 210 Lecture 3: Dr. Venkat Narayan - Diabetes
23 Mar 2018
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Instant visibility of events - tv, social media. The rate of change is much more rapid. Volume and growth of information - info becomes power -> rate of info doubing. School has been revived post doc liberal research. Public health challenges of the 21st century: the convergence of economics, demography, environment, and biology. Globalization has always been a part of humanity. China and india are leading economic powers. Expansion of economy (economics - impact of colonization) Gdp per capita (inflation adjusted) in uk increased about 7-8 times from 1700 - Could be caused by faster rate of increase of population. Poverty crisis in india until late 1900s when economy boosted. The us and europe will steadily lose ground to china and india by 2015 (china, Many (~103 countries) have decreasing rates of birth not counteracting replacement (death rate > birth rate) Population growth and improved health bw 1770-1900 due to environmental and nutritional factors.
