Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

AH Mokdad; C El Bcheraoui; A Afshin; R Charara; I Khalil; M Moradi-Lakeh; NJ Kassebaum; M Collison; F Daoud; KJ Krohn; A Chew; SH Biryukov; L Cornaby; KJ Foreman; M Kutz; P Liu; M Reitsma; P Sur; H Wang; B Zipkin; J Ärnlöv; C Abbafati; AM Abdulle; NME Abu-Rmeileh; MB Ahmed; Z Al-Aly; K Alam; R Alizadeh-Navaei; A Alkerwi; KA Altirkawi; N Alvis-Guzman; BT Baune; N Bedi; DA Bennett; AS Beyene; ZA Bhutta; MM Birhanu; H Danawi; SM Fereshtehnejad; F Fischer; TT Gebrehiwot; PS Gill; PN Gona; V Gupta; TD Habtewold; RR Hamadeh; S Hamidi; HA Hareri; M Horino; M Hsairi; M Javanbakht; D John; JB Jonas; V Joshua; A Kasaeian; EB Ketema; YS Khader; EA Khan; J Khubchandani; D Kim; YJ Kim; Y Kinfu; Y Kokubo; HJ Larson; PH Lee; R Lunevicius; HM Abd El Razek; MM Abd El Razek; R Malekzadeh; KK Mate; ZA Memish; MA Mengistie; GA Mensah; FA Ogbo; F Pourmalek; A Rafay; M Qorbani; V Rahimi-Movaghar; SM Rana; S Rawaf; AMN Renzaho; S Rezaei; MS Rezai; M Safdarian; MA Sahraian; P Salamati; AM Samy; JR Sanabria; MM Santric Milicevic; B Sartorius; SG Sepanlou; MA Shaikh; R Shiri; DAS Silva; JA Singh; AS Terkawi; TY Tiruye; KN Ukwaja; T Vasankari; VV Vlassov

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Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

AH Mokdad, C El Bcheraoui, A Afshin, R Charara, I Khalil, M Moradi-Lakeh, NJ Kassebaum, M Collison, F Daoud, KJ Krohn, A Chew, SH Biryukov, L Cornaby, KJ Foreman, M Kutz, P Liu, M Reitsma, P Sur, H Wang, B Zipkin Show all

International Journal of Public Health | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5

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Abstract

Objectives: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach. Results: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disabili..

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