Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Nowell H Phelps; Rosie Singleton; Bin Zhou; Rachel A Heap; Anu Mishra; James E. Bennett; Christopher Paciorek; Victor P. F. Lhoste; Rodrigo M. Carrillo‐Larco; Gretchen A Stevens; Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez; Honor Bixby; James Bentham; Mariachiara Di Cesare; Goodarz Danaei; A. Rayner; Ana Barradas‐Pires; Melanie Cowan; Stefan Savin; Leanne M Riley; Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas; Jennifer L. Baker; Amina Barkat; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Francesco Branca; Roberta B. Caixeta; Sarah Cuschieri; Farshad Farzadfar; Shubash Shander Ganapathy; Nayu Ikeda; Violeta Iotova; André Pascal Kengne; Young‐Ho Khang; Avula Laxmaiah; Hsien-Ho Lin; Jun Ma; Jean Claude Mbanya; J. Jaime Miranda; Rajendra Pradeepa; Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo; Maroje Sorić; Maria Turley; Limin Wang; Karen Webster‐Kerr; Julie Aarestrup; Leandra Abarca-Gómez; Mohsen Abbasi‐Kangevari; Ziad Abdeen; Shynar Abdrakhmanova; Suhaila Abdul Ghaffar; Hanan F Abdul Rahim; Zulfiya Abdurrahmonova; Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh; Jamila Abubakar Garba; Benjamín Acosta-Cázares; Ishag Adam; Marzena Adamczyk; Robert J. Adams; Seth Adu‐Afarwuah; Wichai Aekplakorn; Kaosar Afsana; Shoaib Afzal; Valirie Ndip Agbor; Imelda Angeles‐Agdeppa; Javad Aghazadeh-Attari; Åsa Ågren; Hassan Aguenaou; Charles Agyemang; Mohamad Hasnan Ahmad; Noor Ani Ahmad; Ali Ahmadi; Naser Ahmadi; Nastaran Ahmadi; Imran Ahmed; Soheir H. Ahmed; Wolfgang Ahrens; Gulmira Aitmurzaeva; Kamel Ajlouni; Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa; Halima Al-Hinai; Badreya Al‐Lahou; Jawad Al‐Lawati; Rajaa Al‐Raddadi; Deena Alasfoor; Huda Al Hourani; Nawal M. Al Qaoud; Monira Alarouj; Fadia AlBuhairan; Shahla AlDhukair; M. Aldwairji; Sylvia Alexius; Mohamed M Ali; Anna V Alieva; Abdullah Alkandari; Ala’a Alkerwi; Buthaina Alkhatib; Kristine H. Allin; Shaker A. Alomary; Husam Alomirah; Arwa M Alshangiti

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02750-2

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UnderweightMedicineObesityDemographyPediatricsPopulationEnvironmental healthOverweightEndocrinology

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Year: 2024
Type: article
Volume: 403
Issue: 10431
Pages: 1027-1050
Citations: 1414
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                                    Nowell H Phelps, 
                                
                                    Rosie Singleton, 
                                
                                    Bin Zhou
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2024). 
                            Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 403
                            (10431)
                            , 1027-1050.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02750-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02750-2