@article{0119f8dc3e8b4a269dcce4f7d7249427,
title = "National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants",
abstract = "Excess bodyweight is a major public health concern. However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent national health examination surveys. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean BMI.",
keywords = "Adult, Bayes Theorem, Body Mass Index, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, World Health, Young Adult, Adult, Bayes Theorem, Body Mass Index, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, World Health, Young Adult",
author = "Barbagallo, {Carlo Maria} and Goodarz Danaei and Riley, {Leanne M} and Finucane, {Mariel M} and Cowan, {Melanie J} and Bahalim, {Adil N} and Gutierrez, {Hialy R} and Lin, {John K} and Yuan Lu and Farshad Farzadfar and Paciorek, {Christopher J} and Singh, {Gitanjali M} and Finucane, {Mariel M} and Majid Ezzati and Stevens, {Gretchen A}",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
volume = "377",
pages = "557--567",
journal = "The Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
}