Background Unhealthy dietary patterns have in recent decades contributed to an endemic-
level burden from non-communicable disease (NCDs) in high-income countries. In low-and …

Background Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a double burden of
malnutrition (DBM), whereby overnutrition and undernutrition coexist within the same …

Background The ongoing nutrition transition in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is exhibiting
spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability leading to different forms of malnutrition …

Background At a country level, population obesity prevalence is often associated with
economic affluence, reflecting a potential adverse outcome concomitant with economic …

Background: The double burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan African countries at different
levels of economic development was not extensively explored. This study investigated …

The objectives of this study were to assess the nutritional status of rural workers from a
municipality in Southeastern Brazil and estimate the association of sociodemographic, labor …

Background This study explores the relationship between BMI and national-wealth and the
cross-level interaction effect of national-wealth and individual household-wealth using …

Purpose This study assessed the longitudinal relationship between trade openness and
obesity rate across 175 countries during 1975–2016. Methods Two-way (country and year) …

Objective: To investigate the role of the domiciliary situation in the prevalence of general and
abdominal obesity through the National Health Survey of 2013. Methodology: General …

Disease burden and lifestyle patterns have changed rapidly worldwide, especially in some
Asian countries over the past 2 decades. However, cross-country comparative research is …