ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.13-15 | Growth and Nutrition | ESPEYB16

13.15. The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic

LM Jaacks , S Vandevijvere , A Pan , CJ McGowan , C Wallace , F Imamura , D Mozaffarian , B Swinburn , M Ezzati

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2019; 7: 231–40. DOI: 10.1016/S2213-587(19)30026-9• This study uses quantitative data from reputable global data sets to demonstrate that the epidemiology of obesity can be framed as a conceptual model of obesity transition.• A new framework to classify the obesity epidemic is proposed that may assist policy makers and r...