Abstract

When considered together with evidence on shifts in income-risk relationships within developed countries, the results indicate that cardiovascular disease risks are expected to systematically shift to low-income and middle-income countries and, together with the persistent burden of infectious diseases, further increase global health inequalities. Preventing obesity should be a priority from early stages of economic development, accompanied by population-level and personal interventions for blood pressure and cholesterol.

Keywords

Body mass indexOverweightPopulationObesityDemographyBlood pressureUrbanizationEnvironmental healthMedicineEconomic growthEconomicsEndocrinology

MeSH Terms

AdultAgedBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesCross-Sectional StudiesDeveloping CountriesFemaleHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusObesityRisk AssessmentSocial Class

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Year
2005
Type
article
Volume
2
Issue
5
Pages
e133-e133
Citations
613
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Majid Ezzati, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Carlene M.M. Lawes et al. (2005). Rethinking the “Diseases of Affluence” Paradigm: Global Patterns of Nutritional Risks in Relation to Economic Development. PLoS Medicine , 2 (5) , e133-e133. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020133

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020133
PMID
15916467
PMCID
PMC1088287

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