Obesity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Burden, Drivers, and Emerging Challenges.
Obesity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Burden, Drivers, and Emerging Challenges.
N. Ford,Shivani A. Patel,K. Narayan
2017 · DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044604
Annual Review of Public Health · 415 Citations
TLDR
The distinctive features of excess weight, its causes, and related prevention and management efforts, as well as data gaps and recommendations for future research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), are reviewed.