Past, present, and future trends of overweight and obesity in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models

• Main Authors: Robby De Pauw (Author), Manu Claessens (Author), Vanessa Gorasso (Author), Sabine Drieskens (Author), Christel Faes (Author), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Overweight and obesity are one of the most significant risk factors of the twenty-first century related to an increased risk in the occurrence of non-communicable diseases and associated increased healthcare costs. To estimate the future impact of overweight, the current study ai...