Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Journal Articles and Book Chapters“Behind every obesity statistic are real people living with obesity. The prevailing narrative wrongly portrays people with obesity in negative terms as “guilty” of obesity through “weakness” and “lack of willpower”, succumbing to the siren call of fast and other poor food choices.” – “Time for a New Obesity Narrative.” Lancet (392). 10156 (2018): 1384-1386.
“Strengthening Resistance to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Fostering Future Resilience Requires Concerted Action on Obesity.” Global Health Action (13). 1 (2020)
“Can Human Resources for Health in the Context of Non-communicable Disease Control be a Lever for Health System Changes?“ Bulletin of the World Health Organization (11). 391 (2013):895-896.
“Changing the Narrative: Responsibility for Youth Engagement is a Two-Way Street.” Lancet Public Health (3). 10 (2019): 673-675.
“The World Heart Federation’s Vision for Worldwide Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.” Lancet (386). 9991 (2015): 399-402.
“CVD on the Global Agenda.” Global Heart (11). 4 (2017): 375-379.
“Early Life Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases.” Lancet (381). 9860 (2013):3-4.
“The scarcity of experienced voices in the architecture of UHC ignores clear evidence that health systems are stronger when their designers capture knowledge that uniquely belongs to people living with disease and using those systems.”
– “The Architects of Universal Health Coverage.” Lancet (394). 10214 (2019): 2071-2072.
“Sugar, Tobacco and Alcohol Tax to Achieve the SDGs.” Lancet (391). 10138 (2018).
“Priority Actions for the Non-Communicable Disease Crisis.” Lancet (377). 9775 (2011): 1438-47.
“Global Target on Non-communicable Diseases: A Call to Action for the Global CVD Community” Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. (06) 23. 5 (2012):241-2.