Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

Contrary to the view that urbanization is a major driver of the global rise in obesity, the global increase in body-mass index is shown to be mostly due to increases in the body-mass indexes of rural populations.

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Main Authors:	Brenner, Hermann (Author) , Jonas, Jost B. (Author) , Kaaks, Rudolf (Author) , Saum, Kai-Uwe (Author) , Schöttker, Ben (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	2019
In:	Nature Year: 2019, Volume: 569, Issue: 7755, Pages: 260-264
ISSN:	1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x
Online Access:	Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1171-x
Author Notes:	NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

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Summary:	Contrary to the view that urbanization is a major driver of the global rise in obesity, the global increase in body-mass index is shown to be mostly due to increases in the body-mass indexes of rural populations.
Item Description:	Gesehen am 05.06.2019 Hermann Brenner, Jost B. Jonas, Rudolf Kaaks, Kai-Uwe Saum and Ben Schöttker are members of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
Physical Description:	Online Resource
ISSN:	1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x