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Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries Over 25 Years Publisher Pubmed



Afshin A1 ; Forouzanfar MH1 ; Reitsma MB1 ; Sur P1 ; Estep K1 ; Lee A1 ; Marczak L1 ; Mokdad AH1 ; Moradilakeh M1, 34 ; Naghavi M1 ; Salama JS1 ; Vos T1 ; Abate KH2 ; Abbafati C14 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Afshin A1
  2. Forouzanfar MH1
  3. Reitsma MB1
  4. Sur P1
  5. Estep K1
  6. Lee A1
  7. Marczak L1
  8. Mokdad AH1
  9. Moradilakeh M1, 34
  10. Naghavi M1
  11. Salama JS1
  12. Vos T1
  13. Abate KH2
  14. Abbafati C14
  15. Ahmed MB2
  16. Alaly Z16
  17. Alkerwi A17
  18. Alraddadi R18
  19. Amare AT13, 20
  20. Amberbir A41
  21. Amegah AK27
  22. Amini E28, 32
  23. Amrock SM42
  24. Anjana RM43, 44
  25. Arnlov J50, 52
  26. Asayesh H35
  27. Banerjee A55
  28. Barac A67
  29. Baye E3, 26
  30. Bennett DA59
  31. Beyene AS4
  32. Biadgilign S5
  33. Biryukov S1
  34. Bjertness E69
  35. Boneya DJ9
  36. Camposnonato I73, 85
  37. Carrero JJ51
  38. Cecilio P74, 76
  39. Cercy K1
  40. Ciobanu LG20
  41. Cornaby L1
  42. Damtew SA6, 7
  43. Dandona L1, 45
  44. Dandona R1, 45
  45. Dharmaratne SD77
  46. Duncan BB78
  47. Eshrati B36
  48. Esteghamati A30
  49. Feigin VL1, 82
  50. Fernandes JC75
  51. Furst T57, 139
  52. Gebrehiwot TT2
  53. Gold A1
  54. Gona PN83
  55. Goto A87
  56. Habtewold TD12, 89
  57. Hadush KT8
  58. Hafezinejad N30
  59. Hay SI1, 60
  60. Horino M68
  61. Islami F91
  62. Kamal R47
  63. Kasaeian A29, 33
  64. Katikireddi SV61
  65. Kengne AP92, 94
  66. Kesavachandran CN47
  67. Khader YS97
  68. Khang YH98, 99
  69. Khubchandani J102
  70. Kim D84
  71. Kim YJ103
  72. Kinfu Y21
  73. Kosen S104
  74. Ku T1
  75. Defo BK105
  76. Kumar GA45
  77. Larson HJ1, 58
  78. Leinsalu M53, 140
  79. Liang X110
  80. Lim SS1
  81. Liu P1
  82. Lopez AD22
  83. Lozano R73
  84. Majeed A56
  85. Malekzadeh R31, 37
  86. Malta DC79
  87. Mazidi M109
  88. Mcalinden C62, 63
  89. Mcgarvey ST111
  90. Mengistu DT10
  91. Mensah GA112
  92. Mensink GB113
  93. Mezgebe HB10
  94. Mirrakhimov EM115
  95. Mueller UO114
  96. Noubiap JJ93
  97. Obermeyer CM116
  98. Ogbo FA24
  99. Owolabi MO117
  100. Patton GC23
  101. Pourmalek F106
  102. Qorbani M38
  103. Rafay A119
  104. Rai RK48
  105. Ranabhat CL101, 141
  106. Reinig N1
  107. Safiri S39
  108. Salomon JA86
  109. Sanabria JR120, 123
  110. Santos IS80
  111. Sartorius B92, 96
  112. Sawhney M121, 122
  113. Schmidhuber J15
  114. Schutte AE92, 95
  115. Schmidt MI78
  116. Sepanlou SG31
  117. Shamsizadeh M40
  118. Sheikhbahaei S30
  119. Shin MJ100
  120. Shiri R124
  121. Shiue I64, 65
  122. Roba HS4
  123. Silva DA81
  124. Silverberg JI127
  125. Singh JA129
  126. Stranges S17, 107
  127. Swaminathan S46
  128. Tabaresseisdedos R130
  129. Tadese F3
  130. Tedla BA11, 25
  131. Tegegne BS4, 90
  132. Terkawi AS19, 121, 132
  133. Thakur JS49
  134. Tonelli M108
  135. Topormadry R133, 134
  136. Tyrovolas S131
  137. Ukwaja KN118
  138. Uthman OA66
  139. Vaezghasemi M54
  140. Vasankari T126
  141. Vlassov VV135
  142. Vollset SE1, 71
  143. Weiderpass E51, 70, 72, 125
  144. Werdecker A114
  145. Wesana J136
  146. Westerman R114
  147. Yano Y128
  148. Yonemoto N88
  149. Yonga G137
  150. Zaidi Z138
  151. Zenebe ZM10
  152. Zipkin B1
  153. Murray CJL1

Source: New England Journal of Medicine Published:2017


Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although the rising pandemic of obesity has received major attention in many countries, the effects of this attention on trends and the disease burden of obesity remain uncertain. METHODS: We analyzed data from 68.5 million persons to assess the trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adults between 1980 and 2015. Using the Global Burden of Disease study data and methods, we also quantified the burden of disease related to high body-mass index (BMI), according to age, sex, cause, and BMI in 195 countries between 1990 and 2015. RESULTS: In 2015, a total of 107.7 million children and 603.7 million adults were obese. Since 1980, the prevalence of obesity has doubled in more than 70 countries and has continuously increased in most other countries. Although the prevalence of obesity among children has been lower than that among adults, the rate of increase in childhood obesity in many countries has been greater than the rate of increase in adult obesity. High BMI accounted for 4.0 million deaths globally, nearly 40% of which occurred in persons who were not obese. More than two thirds of deaths related to high BMI were due to cardiovascular disease. The disease burden related to high BMI has increased since 1990; however, the rate of this increase has been attenuated owing to decreases in underlying rates of death from cardiovascular disease. CONCLUSIONS: The rapid increase in the prevalence and disease burden of elevated BMI highlights the need for continued focus on surveillance of BMI and identification, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based interventions to address this problem. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.) Copyright © 2017 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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