Background In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there
is a correspondingly pervasive and strong culture of weight stigma. For example …

Societal Impact Statement Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and
globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and …

Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and
adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean …

Severe obesity is a rapidly growing global health threat. Although often attributed to
unhealthy lifestyle choices or environmental factors, obesity is known to be heritable and …

The incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), which occurs in individuals< 50 years
of age, has been increasing worldwide and particularly in high-income countries. The …

Obesity increases a number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but patients with
many types of CVD may have a better prognosis if classified as overweight or obese, a …

The first contact for patients with obesity for any medical treatment or other issues is
generally with General Practitioners (GPs). Therefore, given the complexity of the disease …

Background Relative prices of healthy/unhealthy foods have been implicated in the obesity
epidemic, but never extensively quantified across countries or empirically linked to …

Background To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income
and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and …

Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, confers increased risk for multiple serious conditions,
including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and …