Nearly a decade on - trends, risk factors and policy implications in global obesity

Vasanti S Malik; Walter C Willet; Frank B Hu

doi:10.1038/s41574-020-00411-y

Nearly a decade on - trends, risk factors and policy implications in global obesity

Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020 Nov;16(11):615-616. doi: 10.1038/s41574-020-00411-y.

Authors

Vasanti S Malik^{1

2}, Walter C Willet^{2

3

4

5}, Frank B Hu^{6

7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu.
⁷ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu.
⁸ Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu.
⁹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu.

Abstract

In the past decade, the prevalence of obesity and related comorbidities has continued to increase across the globe, prompting many countries to adopt policies to improve diet quality. Here, we discuss key nutrition policies that have been implemented in the past few years and consider future priorities for global obesity prevention.

MeSH terms

Comorbidity
Diet
Global Health*
Health Policy*
Humans
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity / prevention & control*
Risk Factors