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Who among you is really able to convincingly describe a world which is both economically prosperous and has conquered the numerous challenges of runaway consumption, population growth, climate change, extreme poverty, resource scarcity, ecosystem collapse an the loss of biodiversity?
Writing in the journal Science, the professors point out that "unsustainable consumption, population pressure, poverty and environmental degradation are intricately linked", but that governments worldwide have so far failed to form policy accordingly.
One idea I discovered when researching for the presentation was the concept of a steady-state economy, in which, as the name suggests, consumption, population and financial institutions are maintained at a fair and sustainable level.
In the case of sodium consumption, population segmentation can guide public health practitioners and policymakers to design programs and interventions that change sodium intake in people who are resistant to behavior change.
This is in stark contrast to many widely used economic and demographic indicators, which are often based on estimates and censuses, such as the gross domestic product, energy consumption, population levels, or the degree of poverty.
