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Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Marie Ng, Emmanuela Gakidou, Justin Lo, Christopher J.L. Murray, Stein Emil Vollset, Austin Ahlstrom, Noah Ahmad, Cat Antony, Aleksandr Aravkin, Catherine Bisignano, Dana Bryazka, Rebecca Cogen, Xiaochen Dai, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Samath D. Dharmaratne, Simon Hay, Nicholas Kassebaum, Stephen Lim, Paulina Lindstedt, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ali Mokdad, Erin Mullany, Mohsen Naghavi, Erin O'Connell, Cat Raggi, Amanda Smith, Georgia Smith, Reed Sorensen, Theo Vos, Chun-Wei Yuan, Peng Zheng
March 3, 2025
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Emmanuela Gakidou, Austin Ahlstrom, Noah Ahmad, Aleksandr Aravkin, Catherine Bisignano, Dana Bryazka, Rebecca Cogen, Xiaochen Dai, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Simon Hay, Nicholas Kassebaum, Stephen Lim, Paulina Lindstedt, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ali Mokdad, Erin Mullany, Christopher J.L. Murray, Erin O'Connell, Cat Raggi, Amanda Smith, Georgia Smith, Stein Emil Vollset, Chun-Wei Yuan
March 3, 2025

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Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive picture of mortality and disability across countries, time, age, and sex. It quantifies health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved and disparities eliminated.

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February 20, 2025
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Get an overview of population health and demographic information for every country of the world. We also provide profiles for select subnational locations.

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December 31, 2024
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We make datasets and our sources freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health.

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March 7, 2025