National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences

National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Overweight and obesity prevalence are commonly used for public and policy communication of the extent of the obesity epidemic, yet comparable estimates of trends in overweight and obesity prevalence by country are not available.</...

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Main Authors: Stevens Gretchen A, Singh Gitanjali M, Lu Yuan, Danaei Goodarz, Lin John K, Finucane Mariel M, Bahalim Adil N, McIntire Russell K, Gutierrez Hialy R, Cowan Melanie, Paciorek Christopher J, Farzadfar Farshad, Riley Leanne, Ezzati Majid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Subjects:
Overweight
Obesity
Prevalence
Population health
Risk transition
Global health
Noncommunicable diseases
Online Access:http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/10/1/22

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