Abstract
The rapid increase in the prevalence and disease burden of elevated BMI highlights the need for continued focus on surveillance of BMI and identification, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based interventions to address this problem. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.).
Keywords
MedicineObesityOverweightBody mass indexDiseaseDisease burdenEnvironmental healthDeveloped countryMortality rateDemographyChildhood obesityGerontologyPediatricsPopulationInternal medicine
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(2017).
Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 377
(1)
, 13-27.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1614362
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- 10.1056/nejmoa1614362