The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants

By Barry M. Popkin, P. Gordon-Larsen. International Journal of Obesity, 2004

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Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2010, background): “3 billion and estimates that 23% of adults over age 20 are overweight (BMI>25) and an additional 10% are obese (BMI>30) [78,79].”
Three perspectives on sustainable food security: efficiency, demand restraint, food system transformation. What role for life cycle assessment? (2014, background): “…are not only dominant GHG contributors but also the main driver of land use change, deforestation and associated biodiversity loss; and they are associatedwith the rise in obesity and associated chronic diseases too (Popkin and Gordon-Larsen, 2004; Sinha et al., 2009; FOE, 2010; Pan et al., 2012).”
The global epidemic of obesity: an overview. (2007, background): “In more recent decades, available data show that the most dramatic increases in obesity are in developing countries such as Mexico, China, and Thailand (38).”
The Global Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus (2018, background): “1), is having major impacts on human health, with an increase in the incidence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases (Popkin and Gordon-Larsen, 2004), and anthropogenic pressure on the environment (Section 2.”
Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels? (2005, background): “For example, Popkin and Gordon-Larsen (2004) show that overweight trends in Mexico have grown several times faster than in the U.S. over the past few decades.”