Jeremy Farrar: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Assistant director for health promotion and disease prevention and control at WHO, previously chief scientist and director of the Wellcome scientific institute in London
- Quoted on
- Health inequalities, Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“This is a moment for decision-makers at every level to act together. The guide gives national and municipal leaders, planners, partners and communities a framework to work together, across sectors and scales, to build fairer, healthier, and more resilient futures.”
What Jeremy Farrar has said
“GLP-1 therapies mark more than a scientific breakthrough. They represent a new chapter in the gradual conceptual shift in how society approaches obesity – from a 'lifestyle condition' to a complex, preventable and treatable chronic disease”
Assistant director for health promotion and disease prevention and control at WHO, previously chief scientist and director of the Wellcome scientific institute in London · Public health & prevention · 10 Sept 2026 · Shortage of ‘breakthrough’ weight loss drugs will slow fight against obesity, WHO warns ↗
Where Jeremy Farrar has been quoted
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