Determining the worldwide prevalence of obesity

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2018
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Reilly, John J.
Monyeki, Andries
El-Hamdouchi, Asmaa
Diouf, Adama
Somda, Serge A.
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Abstract
The NCD Risk Factor Collaboration study (Dec 16, 2017, p 2627) 1 is a landmark description of the progress of the obesity pandemic, but substantially underestimates the scale of the problem. The study 1 defined obesity using body-mass index (BMI) in adults and BMI-for-age in children and adolescents
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26943
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30794-3
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30794-3/abstract
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