The burden of non-communicable diseases attributable to high BMI in Brazil, 1990-2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study

• Main Authors: Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes (Author), Ewerton Cousin (Author), Deborah Carvalho Malta (Author), Ísis Eloah Machado (Author), Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro (Author), Bruce Bartholow Duncan (Author), Maria Inês Schmidt (Author), Diego Augusto Santos Silva (Author), Scott Glenn (Author), Ashkan Afshin (Author), Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The prevalence and burden of disease resulting from obesity have increased worldwide. In Brazil, more than half of the population is now overweight. However, the impact of this growing risk factor on disease burden remains inexact. Using the 2017 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) re...