"Obesity"

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight.
From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with …
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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight.
An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on the social determinants of diabetes and related risk factors in the Caribbean.
OBJECTIVES: To conduct an analysis of the most recent data on diabetes and its risk factors by gender and other social determinants of …
Leonor Guariguata, Catherine Brown, Natasha Sobers, Ian Hambleton, T. Alafia Samuels, Nigel Unwin
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Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados.
A 10% excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) was implemented in Barbados in September 2015. A national evaluation has been …
Miriam Alvarado, Deliana Kostova, Marc Suhrcke, Ian Hambleton, Trevor Hassell, T. Alafia Samuels, Jean Adams, Nigel Unwin
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Educational Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Findings from Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007-2008.
OBJECTIVES: Socioeconomic disparities in health have emerged as an important area in public health, but studies from Afro-Caribbean …
Trevor S. Ferguson, Novie O. M. Younger-Coleman, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Ian R. Hambleton, Damian K. Francis, Nadia R. Bennett, Shelly R. McFarlane, Aurelian Bidulescu, Marlene Y. MacLeish, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rainford J. Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Louis W. Sullivan
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