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

• Main Authors: Stevens Gretchen A (Author), Singh Gitanjali M (Author), Lu Yuan (Author), Danaei Goodarz (Author), Lin John K (Author), Finucane Mariel M (Author), Bahalim Adil N (Author), McIntire Russell K (Author), Gutierrez Hialy R (Author), Cowan Melanie (Author), Paciorek Christopher J (Author), Farzadfar Farshad (Author), Riley Leanne (Author), Ezzati Majid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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.</...