James, W. Philip T. James; Jackson-Leach, Rachel; Mhurchu, Cliona Ni; Kalamara, Eleni; Shayeghi, Maryam; Rigby, Neville J.; Nishida, Chizuru; & Rodgers, Anthony. (2004). Overweight and obesity (high body mass index). In Ezzati, Majid, Lopez, Alan D., Murray, Christopher J.L. & Rodgers, Anthony (Eds.), Comparative Quantification of Health Risks (pp. 497-596). Geneva: World Health Organization Geneva.
James, W. Philip T. James; Jackson-Leach, Rachel; Mhurchu, Cliona Ni; Kalamara, Eleni; Shayeghi, Maryam; Rigby, Neville J.; Nishida, Chizuru; & Rodgers, Anthony. (2004). Overweight and obesity (high body mass index). In Ezzati, Majid, Lopez, Alan D., Murray, Christopher J.L. & Rodgers, Anthony (Eds.), Comparative Quantification of Health Risks (pp. 497-596). Geneva: World Health Organization Geneva.
It is widely acknowledged that being overweight is associated with an amplified risk of disease, particularly if body fat is deposited within the abdomen, as suggested by a high waist-circumference measurement. This chapter aims to estimate the burden of disease attributable to overweight and obesity as indicated by a high body mass index (BMI), by age, sex and subregion. Current trends were used to predict the increases in BMI and disease burden that are likely to occur by 2030, assuming that no new measures are taken to counteract the rapid recent increases in body weight in all parts of the world. On this basis, it is predicted that the burden of disease will increase substantially in most parts of the world, but there will probably be remarkable variations by subregion.
James, W. Philip T. James Jackson-Leach, Rachel Mhurchu, Cliona Ni Kalamara, Eleni Shayeghi, Maryam Rigby, Neville J. Nishida, Chizuru Rodgers, Anthony
Ezzati, Majid Lopez, Alan D. Murray, Christopher J.L. Rodgers, Anthony