National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants
- Autori: Barbagallo, CM; Finucane, M; Stevens, G; Cowan, M; Danaei, G; Lin, J; Paciorek, C; Singh, G; Gutierrez, H; Lu, Y; Bahalim, A; Farzadfar, F; Riley, L; Ezzati, M
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2011
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Young Adult; Logistic Models; Humans; Health Surveys; Adult; Bayes Theorem; World Health; Body Mass Index; Male; Female
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/74500
Abstract
Excess bodyweight is a major public health concern. However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent national health examination surveys. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean BMI.