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Thorkild I. A. Sorensen

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

2019

Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities(.)(1,2) This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity(3-6). Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean BMI segregated by place of residence (a rural or urban area) from 1985 to 2017. We show that, contrary to the dominant paradigm, more than 55% of the global rise in mean BMI from 1985 to 2017-and more than 80% in some low- and middle-income regions…

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A century of trends in adult human height

2016

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estatura corporalEpidemiologyComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTINGmedical research;pituuskasvuGlobal Healthmedical research0302 clinical medicineadultsPublic health surveillanceBiology (General)ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSheight ; global ; trendsPOPULATIONHuman Nutrition & Healthbiological sciences;education.field_of_studyEVOLUÇÃO HUMANAbiological sciencesHumane Voeding & GezondheidGeneral MedicineadultoHälsovetenskaperBiological sciencesnutritionOF-THE-LITERATUREMedicineGROWTHHEALTHPublic HealthHumanQH301-705.5ScienceSECULAR CHANGESSocio-culturaleGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciencesEpidemiology; Public HealthMedical researchNoneHealth SciencesHumansHuman heighteducationVLAGNeuroscience (all)Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)Adult human heightCHILD UNDERNUTRITION030104 developmental biologyBody mass index030217 neurology & neurosurgeryheightDemography0301 basic medicineSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaNutrition and DiseaseImmunology and Microbiology (all)[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]humanosbiological sciences; epidemiology; global health; medical research; none; nutritionVoeding en ZiekteStature -- History -- 20th centuryMedicine and Health SciencesBiological sciencesaikuisetGeneral NeuroscienceQRPublic Health Global Health Social Medicine and EpidemiologyBody sizenone;biological sciences; epidemiology; global health; medical research; none; nutrition; Adult; Global Health; Humans; Body Height; Neuroscience (all); Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Immunology and Microbiology (all)epidemiology;Adult height//purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.03 [https]Research Articletrendsglobal health;AdultSTATURESouth asia//purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.03 [https]Stature TallPopulationGlobal healthJournal ArticleLife ScienceGeneral Immunology and Microbiologybiological science//purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.04 [https]Quarter (United States coin)Body HeighttrenditBODY-MASS INDEXFolkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologikorkeusEpidemiology and Global HealthCancer incidenceCANCER INCIDENCEWEIGHT
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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million …

2016

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MaleObesidadCHILDRENSaludReviewpaíses desarrolladosGlobal HealthBody Mass IndexBody mass index population study0302 clinical medicineModelsFactores de riesgo cardiovascularMedicinebody mass index ; underweight ; overweight ; obesityYoung adultHuman Nutrition & Healtheducation.field_of_studyHumane Voeding & GezondheidGeneral MedicineASSOCIATION11 Medical And Health Sciencesadultopredicciónadulto jovenCARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASEthinness/epidemiologyNONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESNCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)Enfermedades cardiovascularesDeveloped countryteorema de BayesMedical sciences03 medical and health sciencesSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingThinnessHumanseducationDeveloping CountriesobesidadVLAGScience & TechnologyModels StatisticalCAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITYBayes Theoremmedicine.diseaseQPObesityadult body-massIndice de masa corporal (IMC)RISK-FACTORSAdolescent; Adult; Bayes Theorem; Body Mass Index; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Female; Forecasting; Global Health; Humans; Male; Models Statistical; Obesity/epidemiology; Prevalence; Thinness/epidemiology; Young AdultRABody mass indexDemographyMeta-AnalysisGerontologySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaNutrition and DiseasehumanosadolescenteOverweightpaíses en desarrolloVoeding en ZiekteMedicine and Health SciencesGlobal healthPrevalence030212 general & internal medicineNon-U.S. Gov'tMedicine (all)Research Support Non-U.S. Gov'tprevalenciaPublic Health Global Health Social Medicine and EpidemiologyStatisticalAdolescent; Adult; Bayes Theorem; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Female; Forecasting; Humans; Male; Models Statistical; Obesity; Prevalence; Thinness; Young Adult; Body Mass Index; Global Health; Medicine (all)/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_beingFemaleUnderweightmedicine.symptompooled analysisLife Sciences & Biomedicineobesity/*epidemiologyAdultAdolescentPopulation030209 endocrinology & metabolismResearch SupportYoung AdultMedicine General & InternalEPIDEMICGeneral & Internal MedicineJournal ArticleLife Scienceddc:610ObesityObesidad morbidaOBESITY PREVENTIONOVERWEIGHTbusiness.industryDeveloped Countriesíndice de masa corporalCOHORTS//purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00 [https]Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologiCiencias socio biomédicasbusinessdelgadezForecasting
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