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Gut microbiota and its importance in the development of obesity and insulin resistance by Barton, Karolina

“…Global obesity prevalence continues to accelerate and now affects a high number of people. …”
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Chapter 9: Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity [Nourishing Millions] by Hodge, Judith, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica

“…OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa.…”
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Obesity among Egyptian Adults: Prevalence, Key Drivers and the Way Forward by Radwan, Ghada

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Presentation for Tackling Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases in Mexico: A Policy Approach by Barquera, Simón

“…Globally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has nearly tripled since 1975—among adults over the age of 18, more than 1.25 billion are overweight and 650 million are obese. …”
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Global food value chains and obesity in low- and middle-income countries by Hashad, Reem, Lim, Sunghun, Abay, Kibrom A.

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Lose some, save some: Obesity, automobile demand, and gasoline consumption by Li, Shanjun, Liu, Yanyan, Zhang, Junjie

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Food systems approach to addressing obesity in the Near East and North Africa region by Nanitashvili, Tamara

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Papua New Guinea agri-food trade trends: Dietary change and obesity by Schmidt, Emily, Fang, Peixun

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Nutrition policies and interventions for overweight and obesity: A review of conceptual frameworks and classifications by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Paz, Florencia, Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia

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Forum for the Transformation of Food Systems and the Reduction of Overweight and Obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…FAO and IFPRI have identified a need for a space of exchange of knowledge and experience of experts from different sectors of public policy, academia, private sector and civil society, with expertise in the issues related to Food Systems and Obesity working in Latin America in order to help develop fact-based policy interventions to address the challenges of overweight and obesity in the region. …”
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Obesity as a public health problem among adult women in rural Tanzania by Keding, G.B., Msuya, J.M., Maass, Brigitte L., Krawinkel, M.B.

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Palmitoleic acid reduces intramuscular lipid and restores insulin sensitivity in obese sheep by Duckett, Susan, Volpi Lagreca, Gabriela, Alende, Mariano, Long, Nathan

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Whole grain and cereal fiber intake among children at high risk for obesity by Andersson, Karolina

“…Obesity is a growing problem worldwide. Today, obesity is a more common cause of death than underweight and the prevalence increases. …”
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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), Le Port, Agnès

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Guess what’s for dinner tonight? The role of packaged food and soft drinks in global obesity by Paz, Florencia, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

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Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among mothers in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023 by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

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Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, Le Port, Agnès

“…This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity,4,5,6. Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean BMI segregated by place of residence (a rural or urban area) from 1985 to 2017. …”
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Obese mothers/stunted child: should program and policy makes worry about this phenomenon? by Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T., Hussain, Raheela

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Interindividual variation in DNA methylation at a putative POMC metastable epiallele is associated with obesity by Kühnen, P., Handke, D., Waterland, R.A., Hennig, B.J., Silver, M., Fulford, A.J., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Moore, S.E., Prentice, A.M., Spranger, J., Hinney, A., Hebebrand, J., Heppner, F.L., Walzer, L., Grötzinger, C., Gromoll, J., Wiegand, S., Grüters, A., Krude, H.

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Child overweight or obesity is associated with modifiable and geographic factors in Vietnam: Implications for program design and targeting by Beal, Ty, Tuyen, Le Danh, Thi Huong, Trinh, Burra, Dharani Dhar, Bene, C., Huynh, Tuyen, Mai, Truong Tuyet, Son, Nguyen Duy, Tran, Do Thanh, Nguyen, Kien Tri, Hoang, Thi Thu Ha, Haan, Stef de, Jones, Andrew D.

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