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  • Published: 16 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241742846
  • Imprint: Viking Non Fiction
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $49.99
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How Not to Die (Too Soon)

The Lies We’ve Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us





Your health isn’t just your problem, it’s everyone’s

Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.

The stark reality is that we’ve been sold a monumental lie. The obsession with individual health optimization has distracted us from the real game-changer: holding governments accountable for policies that can significantly extend our lifespans. How Not to Die (Too Soon) is a vital, transformative guide that shifts the focus from individual responsibility to societal accountability. It’s time to demand the changes that will save lives.

  • Published: 16 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241742846
  • Imprint: Viking Non Fiction
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $49.99
Categories:

About the author

Devi Sridhar

Devi Sridhar is Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. She has served as a policy advisor for the WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Scottish, UK and German governments. Devi writes for the Guardian and regularly appears on broadcast media. This is her first book for a general readership.

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Praise for How Not to Die (Too Soon)

‘One of the most brilliant scientists in the world’

Piers Morgan

‘One of the most important voices of reason of the COVID era’

Owen Jones
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