# Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/worldwide-trends-in-body-mass-index-underweight-overweight-and-obesity-from-1975/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Leandra Abarca-Gómez,Ziad Abdeen,Zargar Abdul Hamid,Niveen Abu-Rmeileh,Benjamín Acosta-Cázares,Cecilia Cristina Santos Acuin,Robert J. Adams,Wichai Aekplakorn,Kaosar Afsana,Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas,Charles Agyemang,Alireza Ahmadvand,Wolfgang Ahrens,Kamel Ajlouni,N. S. Akhtaeva,Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa,Amani Al‐Othman,Rajaa Al‐Raddadi,Fadia Al Buhairan,Shahla Al Dhukair,Mohamed M Ali,Osman Ali,Ala’a Alkerwi,Mar Álvarez‐Pedrerol,Eman Aly,Deepak Amarapurkar,Philippe Amouyel,Antoinette Amuzu,Lars Bo Andersen,Sigmund A. Anderssen,Susana Andrade,Lars Ängquist,Ranjit Mohan Anjana,Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri,Joana Araújo,Inger Ariansen,Tahir Aris,Nimmathota Arlappa,Dominique Arveiler,K Aryal,Thor Aspelund,Félix Assah,Maria Cecília F Assunção,May Soe Aung,Mária Avdičová,Ana Azevedo,Fereidoun Azizi,Bontha V. Babu,Suhad Bahijri,Jennifer L. Baker,Nagalla Balakrishna,Mohamed Bamoshmoosh,Maciej Banach,Piotr Bandosz,José R. Banegas,Carlo M Barbagallo,Alberto Barceló,Amina Barkat,Aluísio J. D. Barros,Mauro Virgílio Gomes de Barros,Iqbal Bata,Anwar Batieha,Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista,Batyrbek Assembekov,Louise A. Baur,R Beaglehole,Habiba Ben Romdhane,Judith Benedics,Mikhail Benet Rodríguez,James E. Bennett,Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz,Gailutė Bernotienė,Heloísa Bettiol,Aroor Bhagyalaxmi,Sumit Bharadwaj,Santosh K. Bhargava,Zaid Bhatti,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Hongsheng Bi,Yufang Bi,Anna Månsson Biehl,Mukharram M Bikbov,Bihungum Bista,Duško Bjelica,Peter Bjerregaard,Espen Bjertness,Marius B Bjertness,Cecilia Björkelund,Anneke Blokstra,Simona Bo,Martin Bobák,Lynne M. Boddy,Bernhard O. Boehm,Heiner Boeing,Jose G Boggia,Carlos P Boissonnet,Marialaura Bonaccio,Vanina Bongard,Pascal Bovet,Lien Braeckevelt |
| Citations | 7,704 |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32129-3 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | hybrid |
| OA URL | http://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140673617321293/pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2762689525 |
| PMID | 29029897 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2017 |

## Paper authors

- [Martin Bobák](https://scholariq.org/researchers/martin-bobak/)
- [Osman Ali](https://scholariq.org/researchers/osman-ali/)

## Paper journal

- [The Lancet](https://scholariq.org/journals/the-lancet/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet](https://scholariq.org/topics/obesity-physical-activity-diet/)

## Paper topics

- [Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet](https://scholariq.org/topics/obesity-physical-activity-diet/)
- [Birth, Development, and Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/birth-development-and-health/)
- [Body Composition Measurement Techniques](https://scholariq.org/topics/body-composition-measurement-techniques/)

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