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

Background Underweight and severe and morbid obesity are associated with highly elevated risks of adverse health outcomes. We estimated trends in mean body-mass index (BMI), which characterises its population distribution, and in the prevalences of a complete set of BMI categories for adults in all...

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Autores:

Bennett, James E.
Taddei, Cristina
Fortunato, Léa
Hajifathalian, Kaveh
Riley, Leanne Margaret
Danaei, Goodarz
Bentham, James
Guerrero Carvajal rguerrero@proesa.org.co, Ramiro
Ikeda, Nayu
Di Cesare, Mariachiara
Stevens, Gretchen Anna
Zhou, Bin
Lu, Yuan
Bixby, Honor
Cowan, Melanie J.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2016

Institución:

Universidad ICESI

Repositorio:

Repositorio ICESI

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/82729

Acceso en línea:

http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/82729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30054-X

Palabra clave:

Ciencias socio biomédicas
Medical sciences
Obesidad
Indice de masa corporal (IMC)
Obesidad morbida
Salud
Enfermedades cardiovasculares
Factores de riesgo cardiovascular

Rights

openAccess

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/