The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: the Lancet Commission report

BA Swinburn, VI Kraak, S Allender, VJ Atkins, PI Baker… - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

Socioeconomics of obesity

CV Anekwe, AR Jarrell, MJ Townsend, GI Gaudier… - Current obesity …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to evaluate and emphasize
important findings in the recent literature regarding the socioeconomics of obesity. It is …

Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people's health during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

AH Mokdad, MH Forouzanfar, F Daoud, AA Mokdad… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Young people's health has emerged as a neglected yet pressing issue in global
development. Changing patterns of young people's health have the potential to undermine …

Review of childhood obesity: from epidemiology, etiology, and comorbidities to clinical assessment and treatment

S Kumar, AS Kelly - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2017 - Elsevier
Childhood obesity has emerged as an important public health problem in the United States
and other countries in the world. Currently 1 in 3 children in the United States is afflicted with …

Association of childhood obesity with risk of early all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A Swedish prospective cohort study

L Lindberg, P Danielsson, M Persson, C Marcus… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Pediatric obesity is associated with increased risk of premature death from
middle age onward, but whether the risk is already increased in young adulthood is unclear …

Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children: epidemiology and treatment

ER Pulgaron, AM Delamater - Current diabetes reports, 2014 - Springer
The incidence of overweight and obesity among children has increased dramatically in
recent decades, with about one-third of children in the US currently being either overweight …

Height, body mass index, and socioeconomic status: mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank

J Tyrrell, SE Jones, R Beaumont, CM Astley, R Lovell… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether height and body mass index (BMI) have a causal role in five
measures of socioeconomic status. Design Mendelian randomisation study to test for causal …

Childhood obesity in develo** countries: epidemiology, determinants, and prevention

N Gupta, K Goel, P Shah, A Misra - Endocrine reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led to increasing
prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yr) in develo** countries recently: 41.8% in Mexico …

Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review

AK Cohen, M Rai, DH Rehkopf, B Abrams - Obesity reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although previous systematic reviews considered the relationship between socioeconomic
status and obesity, almost 200 peer‐reviewed articles have been published since the last …

Cardiometabolic risk in obese children

ST Chung, AU Onuzuruike… - Annals of the New York …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity in childhood remains a significant and prevalent public health concern. Excess
adiposity in youth is a marker of increased cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in adolescents and …