Excess bodyweight is a major public health concern. However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent national health examination surveys. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean BMI.

Barbagallo, C.M., Finucane, M., Stevens, G., Cowan, M., Danaei, G., Lin, J., et al. (2011). National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants. THE LANCET, 377(9765), 557-567 [10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62037-5].

National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants

BARBAGALLO, Carlo Maria;
2011-01-01

Abstract

Excess bodyweight is a major public health concern. However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent national health examination surveys. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean BMI.
2011
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
Barbagallo, C.M., Finucane, M., Stevens, G., Cowan, M., Danaei, G., Lin, J., et al. (2011). National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants. THE LANCET, 377(9765), 557-567 [10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62037-5].
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