Sep 28, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
In this episode, Lauren & Matt speak with Neil Mehta, PhD who is the associate dean for research and a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in…
Neil MehtaGuest
Matt DavisHost
Lauren GerlachHost
So I know you said based on the findings, we can't get at the exact mechanisms.
But, you know, if you were talking or advising U.S. policymakers, you know, what do you think we should be prioritizing based on these findings? Yeah.
So this should be not just this paper, not the findings from just this paper, but the findings from this whole literature on international comparisons really should be a red alarm.
Unprecedented in modern sort of epidemiological history where you have a country that continues to get wealthier, continues to advance technologically, continues to get more and more educated.
And then all of a sudden does not continue and oftentimes tends to deteriorate in its population's health.
And when we were studying population health, everything at that point was rosy because we were looking at data from the 1990s, from the 1980s.
Life expectancy was improving at a very rapid pace through 2010 in the U.S., actually, in another country.
So I know you said based on the findings, we can't get at the exact mechanisms.
But, you know, if you were talking or advising U.S. policymakers, you know, what do you think we should be prioritizing based on these findings? Yeah.
So this should be not just this paper, not the findings from just this paper, but the findings from this whole literature on international comparisons really should be a red alarm.
Unprecedented in modern sort of epidemiological history where you have a country that continues to get wealthier, continues to advance technologically, continues to get more and more educated.
And then all of a sudden does not continue and oftentimes tends to deteriorate in its population's health.
And when we were studying population health, everything at that point was rosy because we were looking at data from the 1990s, from the 1980s.
Life expectancy was improving at a very rapid pace through 2010 in the U.S., actually, in another country.
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