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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology

Background:

  • Climate change and other threats pose significant risks to civilization.
  • Planetary health is a growing field, but its impact on epidemiology is limited.
  • There is a need for principles guiding Earth system human epidemiology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish principles for a new sub-discipline: planetary epidemiology.
  • To combine evolutionary theory (competition, cooperation) with limits to growth models.
  • To suggest methods for quantifying key principles of planetary epidemiology.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of evolutionary principles with limits to growth models.
  • Development of six core principles for planetary epidemiology.
  • Proposal of quantitative approaches for four of these principles.

Main Results:

  • Six foundational principles for planetary epidemiology have been generated.
  • Four principles have specific suggestions for quantification.
  • The framework aims to link ecological, social, and technological factors to population health.

Conclusions:

  • Planetary epidemiology offers a novel framework for understanding population health at all scales.
  • Quantitative application of these principles can drive research into past, present, and future health trends.
  • Urgent reform is needed to prevent a decline in global well-being this century.