Changes over 15 years in the contribution of adiposity and smoking to deaths in England and Scotland

• Main Authors: Frederick K. Ho (Author), Carlos Celis-Morales (Author), Fanny Petermann-Rocha (Author), Solange Liliana Parra-Soto (Author), James Lewsey (Author), Daniel Mackay (Author), Jill P. Pell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background For many years smoking has been the major threat to public health in developed countries. However, smoking prevalence has declined over a period when adiposity has increased. The aim of this study was to determine whether adiposity now accounts for more deaths than smoking in the...