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Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
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Background
Overweight and obesity is a global epidemic. Forecasting future trajectories of the epidemic is crucial for providing an evidence base for policy change. In this study, we examine the historical trends of the global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity from 1990 to 2021 and forecast the future trajectories to 2050.
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Leveraging established methodology from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00355-1
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/0456r8d26
- Grant:
- OPP1152504
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Lancet More from this journal
- Volume:
- 405
- Issue:
- 10481
- Pages:
- 813-838
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2025-03-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2025-02-02
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Pmid:
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40049186
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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2096124
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pubs:2096124
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2025-04-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Ng et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2025
- Rights statement:
- © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Notes:
- A correction was made to this article on 21 August 2025, see https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01722-2/fulltext
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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