Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: a global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

BM Popkin, S Du, WD Green, MA Beck… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The linkage of individuals with obesity and COVID‐19 is controversial and lacks systematic
reviews. After a systematic search of the Chinese and English language literature on COVID …

Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America

BM Popkin, T Reardon - Obesity Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region faces a major diet‐related
health problem accompanied by enormous economic and social costs. The shifts in diet are …

[HTML][HTML] Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the
proportion of the population who live in cities,. This has led to a widely reported view that …

Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences

L Poston, R Caleyachetty, S Cnattingius… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Obesity in women of reproductive age is increasing in prevelance worldwide. Obesity
reduces fertility and increases time taken to conceive, and obesity-related comorbidities …

The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition

T Reardon, D Tschirley, LSO Liverpool-Tasie… - Global food security, 2021 - Elsevier
African consumers have purchased increasing amounts of processed food over the past 50
years. The opportunity cost of time of women and men has increased as more of them work …

Obesity in low-and middle-income countries: burden, drivers, and emerging challenges

ND Ford, SA Patel, KMV Narayan - Annual review of public …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
We have reviewed the distinctive features of excess weight, its causes, and related
prevention and management efforts, as well as data gaps and recommendations for future …

Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KM Flegal, BK Kit, H Orpana, BI Graubard - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Estimates of the relative mortality risks associated with normal weight,
overweight, and obesity may help to inform decision making in the clinical setting. Objective …

Nutrition transition and the global diabetes epidemic

BM Popkin - Current diabetes reports, 2015 - Springer
Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a rapid change in the nutrition transition
toward increases in noncommunicable diseases. Underlying this transition are shifts in the …

Nutrition status of children in Latin America

C Corvalán, ML Garmendia, J Jones‐Smith… - Obesity …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American
children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide …

Relationship between shifts in food system dynamics and acceleration of the global nutrition transition

BM Popkin - Nutrition reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Editor's Note: In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Nutrition Reviews, the journal's editors
envisioned the publication of articles that examined the changing landscape of nutrition …