The global epidemic of obesity: an overview.

By B. Caballero. Epidemiologic Reviews, 2007

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Subfields: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Food value chain transformations in developing countries: Selected hypotheses on nutritional implications (2013, background): “, change in lifestyles, reduced manual labor), are associated with the emergent global epidemic of obesity, particularly among younger people (Harris and Graff 2012; Garde 2008; Caballero 2007).”
Nutrition Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Middle East and North Africa Countries: Reviewing the Evidence (2010, background): “The evidence presented here indicates significant changes in dietary habits in the MENA region in the past few decades. There has been a consistent rise in per capita energy supply, mostly coming from animal food, increased consumption of saturated fat and refined carbohydrates and a decreased intak”
Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation ☆ (2015, background): “This finding should be qualified, however, to include the fact that patterns of disease are changing with the result that in the developed world issues such as obesity (Caballero, 2007) and a variety of other inflammatory-based physical and psychiatric disorders are now some of the most important pu”
Australian Dietary Guidelines (2006, background): “Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups living in rural and remote areas, disparities in the cost of nutritious foods are potential barriers to the adoption of nutrient-dense, low energy-dense diets [138, 140, 686, 728, 806, 858, 859].”
Ten Putative Contributors to the Obesity Epidemic (2009, positive): “Obesity has not only increased in the United States but also seems to have increased in virtually every country where detailed data are available (Caballero, 2007).”
Global gender disparities in obesity: a review. (2012, background): “Introduction What was a global obesity epidemic is now a pandemic (1,2).”