Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million...

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Year: 2016
Type: review
Volume: 387
Issue: 10026
Pages: 1377-1396
Citations: 5127
Access: Closed

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                                    Camilla T. Damsgaard, 
                                
                                    Jakob Tarp, 
                                
                                    Mariachiara Di Cesare
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 387
                            (10026)
                            , 1377-1396.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)30054-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)30054-x