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

• Main Author: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), . ()
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
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• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201802073203

Abstract Background: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight t...