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

  • NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Kent
  • Middlesex University
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • World Health Organization
  • Seoul National University
  • University of Zagreb
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Aga Khan University
  • University of Toronto
  • Harvard University
  • Ministry of Health, Seychelles
  • University of Lausanne
  • Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • The University of the West Indies
  • University of Sydney
  • National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
  • South African Medical Research Council
  • ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition
  • Brown University
  • Ain Shams University
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • University of Ljubljana
  • Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
  • Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
  • Al-Quds University
  • National Center of Public Healthcare
  • Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Care
  • Usmanu Danfodiyo University
  • Birzeit University
  • Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
  • Flinders University
  • Mahidol University
  • BRAC University
  • Food and Nutrition Research Institute Manila
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
  • University of Amsterdam

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

586 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)260-264
JournalNature
Volume569
Issue number7755
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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