Obesity has doubled since 1980, major global analysis of risk factors reveals
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 05:10
in Health & Medicine
The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, according to a major study on how three important heart disease risk factors have changed across the world over the last three decades. The study, published today in three papers in the Lancet, looked at all available global data to assess how body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol changed between 1980 and 2008.