Increased food energy supply as a major driver of the obesity epidemic: a global analysis

AbstractObjective We investigated associations between changes in national food energy supply and in average population body weight.Methods We collected data from 24 high-, 27 middle- and 18 low-income countries on the average measured body weight from global databases, national health and nutrition...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Vandevijvere, Carson C Chow, Kevin D Hall, Elaine Umali, Boyd A Swinburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2015-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015000700007&lng=en&tlng=en