From Boston University, a tool to calculate the human cost of abrupt loss of federal AID funding. This will also produce indirect deaths over time. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art... @kentbuse.bsky.social

Thanks @theguardian.com for two good stories on the global #obesity challenge this week, including new @worldobesity.bsky.social atlas and Lancet report. See Atlas on the steps needed for shared action and impact. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Watching this excellent interview was, for me, a constructive scolding: staying on the sidelines is not an option. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Thank you to our friends at @thelancet.bsky.social for an excellent launch this week, and for your commitment to reframing the #obesitynarrative. Going beyond an “either or” approach - disease vs. risk factor, health vs food - is essential for finally turning the corner & aiding > 1 billion lives.

Nice overview of what's at stake (for the US and the world) if the Trump Administration pulls the US out of the WHO... 🛟medsky episky health policy policysky sociology 📉 polisky