Rural areas drive increases in global obesity

Barry M. Popkin ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 569, issue 7755, 200-201

Abstract: The global rise in the prevalence of obesity has been seen as an urban problem. A large-scale study challenges this view by showing that weight gain in rural areas is the main factor currently driving the obesity epidemic.

Keywords: Obesity; Epidemiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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