| The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 21872749 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The simultaneous increases in obesity in almost all countries seem to be driven mainly by changes in the global food system, which is producing more processed, affordable, and effectively marketed food than ever before. This passive overconsumption of energy leading to obesity is a predictable outcome of market economies predicated on consumption-based growth. The global food system drivers interact with local environmental factors to create a wide variation in obesity prevalence between populations. Within populations, the interactions between environmental and individual factors, including genetic makeup, explain variability in body size between individuals. However, even with this individual variation, the epidemic has predictable patterns in subpopulations. In low-income countries, obesity mostly affects middle-aged adults (especially women) from wealthy, urban environments; whereas in high-income countries it affects both sexes and all ages, but is disproportionately greater in disadvantaged groups. Unlike other major causes of preventable death and disability, such as tobacco use, injuries, and infectious diseases, there are no exemplar populations in which the obesity epidemic has been reversed by public health measures. This absence increases the urgency for evidence-creating policy action, with a priority on reduction of the supply-side drivers. |
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Authors:
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Boyd A Swinburn; Gary Sacks; Kevin D Hall; Klim McPherson; Diane T Finegood; Marjory L Moodie; Steven L Gortmaker |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comment; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Lancet Volume: 378 ISSN: 1474-547X ISO Abbreviation: Lancet Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-08-29 Completed Date: 2011-09-15 Revised Date: 2012-03-26 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985213R Medline TA: Lancet Country: England |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 804-14 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. boyd.swinburn@deakin.edu.au |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adult Child Developed Countries* Economics Energy Intake Energy Metabolism Exercise Food Supply Humans Obesity / epidemiology*, etiology* Social Change |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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1U48DP001946/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS; U48/DP00064-00S1/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS |
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Comment On:
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Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):746-7
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Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):761 [PMID: 21872738 ] Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):744-6 [PMID: 21872735 ] Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):743-4 [PMID: 21872734 ] |
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Lancet. 2012 Mar 24;379(9821):1100; author reply 1100-1
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Lancet. 2012 Mar 24;379(9821):1100; author reply 1100-1 [PMID: 22444397 ] |
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