Obesity and the metabolic syndrome in developing countries.

By Anoop Misra, L. Khurana. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2008

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Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health (2010, background): “2 billion, the overweight population has increased to the same figure (Misra and Khurana, 2008).”
Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2010, background): “1 billion overweight adults in the world, with 115 million of them known to be living with obesity related problems in the developing world [77].”
Metabolic syndrome: definitions and controversies (2011, background): “8% in male urban North Indians to 42% in female urban Iranians [27].”
Impact of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome on Immunity. (2016, background): “Obesity has been deemed the leading cause of preventable death (5) and has become a global economic and health burden (6, 7).”