Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)260-264
Number of pages5
JournalNature
Volume569
Issue number7755
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 May 2019

Funding

This study was funded by the Wellcome Trust. H.B. was supported by a Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship, J.B. by a Royal Society Research Grant, and M.D.C. by an Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award. We thank L. Jaacks, B. Popkin, S. Sundberg and W. Willett for recommendations of relevant citations. The authors are responsible for the views expressed in this Letter and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 303009 Nutritional sciences

Keywords

  • MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
  • PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY
  • SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS
  • WORLDWIDE TRENDS
  • POOLED ANALYSIS
  • FOOD SYSTEM
  • URBAN
  • HEALTH
  • NUTRITION
  • WEIGHT

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