Adolescent health needs renewed focus in the time of climate change: report

The health and wellbeing of adolescents across the world has reached a tipping point, a Lancet Commission report has found, with focus on obesity, overweight, and mental disorders as significant causes for concern.

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Developed by 44 Commissioners across geographies and disciplines with inputs from 10 youth Commissioners, the report projects that in 2030, 42 million years of health-life will be lost to mental disorders or suicide and that 464 million adolescents will be obese or overweight. Vis-à-vis the first human cohort that will experience the effects of climate change throughout their lives, the Lancet Commission also projected that by 2030, half of the two billion adolescents worldwide will live in multi-burden countries grappling with an excess burden of disease. 'Listen to young people'