Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement...

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Year: 2017
Type: article
Volume: 390
Issue: 10113
Pages: 2627-2642
Citations: 7333
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                                    Leandra Abarca-Gómez, 
                                
                                    Ziad Abdeen, 
                                
                                    Zargar Abdul Hamid
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 390
                            (10113)
                            , 2627-2642.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32129-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32129-3