Document Type : Viewpoint
Authors
1 Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
2 Lifelines Cohort Study and Biobank, Roden, The Netherlands
3 University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
4 Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
5 Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Introduction
Tremendous progress has been made in improving human health over the last 150 years, but more recently there have been serious setbacks. Well before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, increases in life expectancy were levelling off, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were on the rise worldwide, and health inequalities between socioeconomic and ethnic groups were escalating.1 ...(Read more...)