The simultaneous increases in obesity in almost all countries seem to be driven mainly by
changes in the global food system, which is producing more processed, affordable, and …

The global obesity epidemic has been escalating for four decades, yet sustained prevention
efforts have barely begun. An emerging science that uses quantitative models has provided …

Despite isolated areas of improvement, no country to date has reversed its obesity epidemic.
Governments, together with a broad range of stakeholders, need to act urgently to decrease …

The “nutrition transition” is a rather benign-sounding name for a striking and fast-moving
phenomenon: a global epidemic of obesity. Long considered a by-product of modern life in …

This report issues a call for urgent action to combat the growing epidemic of obesity, which
now affects developing and industrialized countries alike. Adopting a public health …

Background A new World Health Organization (WHO) 1 report, Preventing Chronic
Diseases: A Vital Investment (1), shows that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) …

Background The burden of obesity differs by socioeconomic status. We aimed to
characterise the prevalence of obesity among adult men and women in Latin America and …

Although the caloric deficits achieved by increased awareness, policy, and environmental
approaches have begun to achieve reductions in the prevalence of obesity in some …

Chinese society is making efforts to address the rising obesity and chronic disease
epidemic. 3 In this context, in 2015, two of us (YW and YY) initiated a project that aimed to …

Obesity is a global ticking time bomb with huge potential negative economic and health
impacts, especially for the poor. As of 2016, an estimated 44 percent of adults (more than …