Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

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Di Cesare M.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Bentham J.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Stevens G.A.:

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Zhou B.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Danaei G.:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Lu Y.:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Bixby H.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Cowan M.J.:

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Riley L.M.:

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Hajifathalian K.:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Fortunato L.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Taddei C.:

University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Bennett J.E.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Ikeda N.:

National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

Kyobutungi C.:

African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Laxmaiah A.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Li Y.:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Lin H.-H.:

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Miranda J.J.:

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Mostafa A.:

Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Turley M.L.:

Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand

Paciorek C.J.:

University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States

Gunter M.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Ezzati M.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Hamid Z.A.:

Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Care, India

Acosta-Cazares B.:

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico

Adams R.:

University of Adelaide, Australia

Aekplakorn W.:

Mahidol University, Thailand

Aguilar-Salinas C.A.:

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Mexico

Ahmadvand A.:

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iran

Ahrens W.:

Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Germany

Ali M.M.:

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt

Alkerwi A.:

Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg

Alvarez-Pedrerol M.:

Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Spain

Aly E.:

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt

Amouyel P.:

Lille University and Hospital, France

Amuzu A.:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Andersen L.B.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Anderssen S.A.:

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway

Andrade D.S.:

Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador

Anjana R.M.:

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Aounallah-Skhiri H.:

National Institute of Public Health, Tunisia

Ariansen I.:

Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

Aris T.:

Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Arlappa N.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Arveiler D.:

Strasbourg University and Hospital, France

Assah F.K.:

University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

Azizi F.:

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Babu B.V.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Balakrishna N.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Bandosz P.:

Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Banegas J.R.:

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Barbagallo C.M.:

University of Palermo, Italy

Barceló A.:

Pan American Health Organization, United States

Barkat A.:

Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

Barros M.V.:

University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Bata I.:

Dalhousie University, Canada

Batieha A.M.:

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Batista R.L.:

Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil

Baur L.A.:

University of Sydney, Australia

Beaglehole R.:

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Romdhane H.B.:

University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Benet M.:

University Medical Science, Cuba

Bernabe-Ortiz A.:

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Bernotiene G.:

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Bettiol H.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Bhagyalaxmi A.:

B.J. Medical College, India

Bharadwaj S.:

Chirayu Medical College, India

Bhargava S.K.:

Sunder Lal Jain Hospital, India

Bhatti Z.:

Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Bhutta Z.A.:

Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Bi H.:

Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China

Bi Y.:

Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, School of Medicine, China

Bjerregaard P.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

University of Greenland, Greenland

Bjertness E.:

University of Oslo, Norway

Bjertness M.B.:

University of Oslo, Norway

Björkelund C.:

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Blake M.:

NatCen Social Research, United Kingdom

Blokstra A.:

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

Bo S.:

University of Turin, Italy

Bobak M.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Boddy L.M.:

Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Boehm B.O.:

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Boeing H.:

German Institute of Human Nutrition, Germany

Boissonnet C.P.:

CEMIC, Argentina

Bongard V.:

Toulouse University, School of Medicine, France

Bovet P.:

Ministry of Health, Seychelles

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Braeckman L.:

Ghent University, Belgium

Bragt M.C.E.:

FrieslandCampina, Singapore

Brajkovich I.:

Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Branca F.:

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Breckenkamp J.:

Bielefeld University, Germany

Brenner H.:

German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Brewster L.M.:

University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands

Brian G.R.:

Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand, New Zealand

Bruno G.:

University of Turin, Italy

Bueno-De-Mesquita H.B.:

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

Bugge A.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Burns C.:

Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland

De León A.C.:

University La Laguna, Spain

Cacciottolo J.:

University of Malta, Malta

Cama T.:

Ministry of Health, Tonga

Cameron C.:

Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Canada

Camolas J.:

Hospital Santa Maria, CHLN, Portugal

Can G.:

Istanbul University, Turkey

Cândido A.P.C.:

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Capuano V.:

Cardiologia di Mercato S. Severino, Italy

Cardoso V.C.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Carvalho M.J.:

University of Porto, Portugal

Casanueva F.F.:

Santiago de Compostela University, Spain

Casas J.-P.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Caserta C.A.:

Associazione Calabrese di Epatologia, Italy

Castetbon K.:

French Institute for Health Surveillance, France

Chamukuttan S.:

India Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Chan A.W.:

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Chan Q.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Chaturvedi H.K.:

National Institute of Medical Statistics, India

Chaturvedi N.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Chen C.-J.:

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Chen F.:

Capital Institute of Pediatrics, China

Chen H.:

Duke University, United States

Chen S.:

Kailuan General Hospital, China

Chen Z.:

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Cheng C.-Y.:

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Chetrit A.:

Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel

Chiolero A.:

Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Chiou S.-T.:

Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Chirita-Emandi A.:

Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Christensen K.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Chudek J.:

Medical University of Silesia, Poland

Cifkova R.:

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Claessens F.:

Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

Clays E.:

Ghent University, Belgium

Concin H.:

Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Austria

Cooper C.:

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Cooper R.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Coppinger T.C.:

Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland

Costanzo S.:

IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Italy

Cottel D.:

Institut Pasteur de Lille, France

Cowell C.:

University of Sydney, Australia

Westmead University of Sydney, Australia

Craig C.L.:

Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Canada

Crujeiras A.B.:

CIBEROBN, Spain

D'Arrigo G.:

National Council of Research, Italy

D'Orsi E.:

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Dallongeville J.:

Institut Pasteur de Lille, France

Damasceno A.:

Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Damsgaard C.T.:

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dankner R.:

Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel

Dauchet L.:

Lille University Hospital, France

De Backer G.:

Ghent University, Belgium

De Bacquer D.:

Ghent University, Belgium

De Gaetano G.:

IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Italy

De Henauw S.:

Ghent University, Belgium

De Smedt D.:

Ghent University, Belgium

Deepa M.:

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Dehghan A.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Delisle H.:

University of Montreal, Canada

Delpeuch F.:

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

Dhana K.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Di Castelnuovo A.F.:

IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Italy

Dias-Da-Costa J.S.:

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Diaz A.:

National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina

Djalalinia S.:

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iran

Dobson A.J.:

University of Queensland, Australia

Donfrancesco C.:

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Döring A.:

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Drygas W.:

Cardinal Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Poland

Egbagbe E.E.:

University of Benin, College of Medical Sciences, Nigeria

Eggertsen R.:

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Ekelund U.:

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway

El Ati J.:

National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Tunisia

Elliott P.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Engle-Stone R.:

University of California, Davis, United States

Erasmus R.T.:

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Erem C.:

Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Eriksen L.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

De La Peña J.E.:

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico

Evans A.:

Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom

Faeh D.:

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Fall C.H.:

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Farzadfar F.:

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Felix-Redondo F.J.:

Centro de Salud Villanueva Norte, Spain

Ferguson T.S.:

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Fernández-Bergés D.:

Hospital Don Benito-Villanueva de la Serena, Spain

Ferrante D.:

Ministry of Health, Argentina

Ferrari M.:

Council for Agriculture Research and Economics, Italy

Ferreccio C.:

Universidad. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Ferrieres J.:

Toulouse University, School of Medicine, France

Finn J.D.:

University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Fischer K.:

University of Tartu, Estonia

Flores E.M.:

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico

Föger B.:

Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Austria

Foo L.H.:

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia

Forslund A.-S.:

Luleå University, Sweden

Fortmann S.P.:

Stanford University, United States

Fouad H.M.:

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt

Francis D.K.:

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Do Carmo Franco M.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

Franco O.H.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Frontera G.:

Hospital Universitario, Son Espases, Spain

Fuchs F.D.:

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

Fuchs S.C.:

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fujita Y.:

Kinki University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan

Furusawa T.:

Kyoto University, Japan

Gaciong Z.:

Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Gafencu M.:

Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Gareta D.:

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Garnett S.P.:

University of Sydney, Australia

Gaspoz J.-M.:

Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland

Gasull M.:

CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

Gates L.:

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia

Geleijnse J.M.:

Wageningen University, Netherlands

Ghasemian A.:

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iran

Giampaoli S.:

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Gianfagna F.:

University of Insubria, Italy

Giovannelli J.:

Lille University Hospital, France

Giwercman A.:

Lund University, Sweden

Goldsmith R.A.:

Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, Israel

Gross M.G.:

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Rivas J.P.G.:

Andes Clinic of Cardio-Metabolic Studies, Venezuela

Gorbea M.B.:

National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Cuba

Gottrand F.:

Université de Lille 2, France

Graff-Iversen S.:

Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

Grafnetter D.:

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic

Grajda A.:

Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Grammatikopoulou M.G.:

Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Greece

Gregor R.D.:

Dalhousie University, Canada

Grodzicki T.:

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

Grøntved A.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Gruden G.:

University of Turin, Italy

Grujic V.:

Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Serbia

Gu D.:

National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, China

Guan O.P.:

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Gudnason V.:

Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland

Guerrero R.:

Universidad. Universidad Icesi, Colombia

Guessous I.:

Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland

Guimaraes A.L.:

State University of Montes Claros, Brazil

Gulliford M.C.:

King's College London, United Kingdom

Gunnlaugsdottir J.:

Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland

Guo X.H.:

Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Guo Y.:

Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Gupta P.C.:

Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, India

Gureje O.:

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Gurzkowska B.:

Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Gutierrez L.:

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Gutzwiller F.:

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Halkjær J.:

Danish Cancer Society Research Centre, Denmark

Hardy R.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Kumar R.H.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Hayes A.J.:

University of Sydney, Australia

He J.:

Tulane University, United States

Hendriks M.E.:

University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands

Cadena L.H.:

National Institute of Public Health, Mexico

Heshmat R.:

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Hihtaniemi I.T.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Ho S.Y.:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Ho S.C.:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Hobbs M.:

University of Western Australia, Australia

Hofman A.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Hormiga C.M.:

Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander, Colombia

Horta B.L.:

Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Houti L.:

University of Oran 1, Algeria

Htay T.T.:

Ministry of Health, Myanmar

Htet A.S.:

University of Oslo, Norway

Htike M.M.T.:

Ministry of Health, Myanmar

Hu Y.:

Peking University, Health Science Center, China

Huybrechts I.:

International Agency for Research on Cancer, France

Hwalla N.:

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Iacoviello L.:

IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Italy

Iannone A.G.:

Cardiologia di Mercato S. Severino, Italy

Ibrahim M.M.:

Cairo University, Egypt

Ikram M.A.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Irazola V.E.:

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Islam M.:

Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Iwasaki M.:

Niigata University, Japan

Jackson R.T.:

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Jacobs J.M.:

Hadassah University Medical Center, Israel

Jafar T.:

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Jamil K.M.:

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait

Jasienska G.:

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

Jiang C.Q.:

Guangzhou 12th Hospital, China

Joffres M.:

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Johansson M.:

International Agency for Research on Cancer, France

Jonas J.B.:

Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany

Jørgensen T.:

Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark

Joshi P.:

World Health Organization Country Office, India

Juolevi A.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Jurak G.:

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Jureša V.:

University of Zagreb, Croatia

Kaaks R.:

German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Kafatos A.:

University of Crete, Greece

Kalter-Leibovici O.:

Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel

Kapantais E.:

Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, Greece

Kasaeian A.:

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iran

Katz J.:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States

Kaur P.:

National Institute of Epidemiology, India

Kavousi M.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Keil U.:

University of Münster, Germany

Boker L.K.:

University of Haifa, Israel

Kelishadi R.:

Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Iran

Kemper H.H.C.G.:

VU University Medical Center, Netherlands

Kengne A.P.:

South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

Kersting M.:

Research Institute of Child Nutrition (FKE), Germany

Key T.:

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Khader Y.S.:

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Khalili D.:

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Khaw K.-T.H.:

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Khouw I.M.S.L.:

FrieslandCampina, Singapore

Kiechl S.:

Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

Killewo J.:

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania

Kiyohara Y.:

Kyushu University, Japan

Klimont J.:

Statistics Austria, Austria

Kolle E.:

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway

Kolsteren P.:

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Korrovits P.:

Tartu University Clinics, Estonia

Koskinen S.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Kouda K.:

Kinki University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan

Koziel S.:

Polish Academy of Sciences, Anthropology Unit, Wroclaw, Poland

Kratzer W.:

University Hospital Ulm, Germany

Krokstad S.:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Kromhout D.:

Wageningen University, Netherlands

Kruger H.S.:

MRC North-West University, South Africa

Kula K.:

Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Kulaga Z.:

Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Kumar R.K.:

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Kusuma Y.S.:

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Kuulasmaa K.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Laamiri F.Z.:

Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

Laatikainen T.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Lachat C.:

Ghent University, Belgium

Laid Y.:

National Institute of Public Health of Algeria, Algeria

Lam T.H.:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Landrove O.:

Ministerio de Salud Pública, Cuba

Lanska V.:

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic

Lappas G.:

Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden

Laugsand L.E.:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Leclercq C.:

Food and Agriculture Organization, Italy

Lee J.:

National University of Singapore, Singapore

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lehtimäki T.:

Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Rampal L.:

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

León-Munoz L.M.:

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Lim W.-Y.:

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lima-Costa M.F.:

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rene Rachou Research Institute, Brazil

Lin X.:

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Linneberg A.:

Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark

Lissner L.:

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Litwin M.:

Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Liu J.:

Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Lorbeer R.:

University Medicine Greifswald, Germany

Lotufo P.A.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Lozano J.E.:

Consejería de Sanidad Junta de Castilla y León, Spain

Luksiene D.:

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Lundqvist A.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Lunet N.:

University of Porto Medical School, Portugal

Lytsy P.:

University of Uppsala, Sweden

Ma G.:

Peking University, Health Science Center, China

Machi S.:

Jikei University, School of Medicine, Japan

Maggi S.:

Italian National Research Council, Italy

Magliano D.J.:

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia

Makdisse M.:

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Malekzadeh R.:

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Malhotra R.:

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Rao K.M.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Manios Y.:

Harokopio University of Athens, Greece

Mann J.I.:

University of Otago, New Zealand

Manzato E.:

University of Padova, Italy

Margozzini P.:

Universidad. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Markey O.:

University of Reading, United Kingdom

Marques-Vidal P.:

Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Marrugat J.:

Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Spain

Martin-Prevel Y.:

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

Martorell R.:

Emory University, United States

Masoodi S.R.:

Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Matsha T.E.:

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Mazur A.:

University of Rzeszów, Poland

Mbanya J.C.N.:

University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

McFarlane S.R.:

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

McGarvey S.T.:

Brown University, United States

McKee M.:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

McLachlan S.:

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

McLean R.M.:

University of Otago, New Zealand

McNulty B.A.:

University College Dublin, Ireland

Md Yusof S.:

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Mediene-Benchekor S.:

University of Oran 1, Algeria

Meirhaeghe A.:

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Meisinger C.:

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Mendes L.L.:

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Menezes A.M.B.:

Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Mensink G.B.M.:

Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Meshram I.I.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Metspalu A.:

University of Tartu, Estonia

Mi J.:

Capital Institute of Pediatrics, China

Michaelsen K.F.:

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Mikkel K.:

University of Tartu, Estonia

Miller J.C.:

University of Otago, New Zealand

Miquel J.F.:

Universidad. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Mišigoj-Durakovic M.:

University of Zagreb, Croatia

Mohamed M.K.:

Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Mohammad K.:

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Mohammadifard N.:

Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Iran

Mohan V.:

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Yusoff M.F.M.:

Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Molbo D.:

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Møller N.C.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Molnár D.:

University of Pécs, Hungary

Mondo C.K.:

Mulago Hospital, Uganda

Monterrubio E.A.:

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico

Monyeki K.D.K.:

University of Limpopo, South Africa

Moreira L.B.:

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Morejon A.:

University Medical Science, Cuba

Moreno L.A.:

Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Morgan K.:

RCSI, Dublin, Ireland

Mortensen E.L.:

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Moschonis G.:

Harokopio University of Athens, Greece

Mossakowska M.:

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Poland

Mota J.:

University of Porto, Portugal

Motlagh M.E.:

Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Motta J.:

Gorgas Memorial Institute of Public Health, Panama

Mu T.T.:

Ministry of Health, Myanmar

Muiesan M.L.:

University of Brescia, Italy

Müller-Nurasyid M.:

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Murphy N.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Mursu J.:

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Murtagh E.M.:

Mary Immaculate College, Ireland

Musa K.I.:

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia

Musil V.:

University of Zagreb, Croatia

Nagel G.:

Ulm University, Germany

Nakamura H.:

Kobe University, Japan

Nang E.E.K.:

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Nangia V.B.:

Suraj Eye Institute, India

Nankap M.:

Helen Keller International, Cameroon

Narake S.:

Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, India

Navarrete-Muñoz E.M.:

CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

Nenko I.:

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

Neovius M.:

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Nervi F.:

Universidad. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Neuhauser H.K.:

Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Nieto-Martínez R.E.:

Universidad Centro-Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, Venezuela

Ning G.:

Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, School of Medicine, China

Ninomiya T.:

Kyushu University, Japan

Nishtar S.:

Heartfile, Pakistan

Noale M.:

Italian National Research Council, Italy

Norat T.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Noto D.:

University of Palermo, Italy

Al Nsour M.:

Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, Jordan

O'Reilly D.:

Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom

Ochoa-Avilés A.M.:

Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador

Olayan I.H.:

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait

Olinto M.T.A.:

University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Oltarzewski M.:

National Food and Nutrition Institute, Poland

Omar M.A.:

Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Onat A.:

Istanbul University, Turkey

Ordunez P.:

Pan American Health Organization, United States

Ortiz A.P.:

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Puerto Rico

Osler M.:

Research Center for Prevention and Health, Denmark

Osmond C.:

MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, United Kingdom

Ostojic S.M.:

University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Otero J.A.:

Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander, Colombia

Overvad K.:

Aarhus University, Denmark

Paccaud F.M.:

Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland

Padez C.:

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Pajak A.:

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

Palli D.:

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Italy

Palloni A.:

University of Madison-Wisconsin, United States

Palmieri L.:

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Panda-Jonas S.:

Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany

Panza F.:

University of Bari, Italy

Parnell W.R.:

University of Otago, New Zealand

Parsaeian M.:

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iran

Pednekar M.S.:

Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, India

Peeters P.H.:

University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

Peixoto S.V.:

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rene Rachou Research Institute, Brazil

Pereira A.C.:

Heart Institute (InCor), Brazil

Pérez C.M.:

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Puerto Rico

Peters A.:

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Peykari N.:

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iran

Pigeot I.:

Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Germany

Pikhart H.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Pilotto L.:

Cardiovascular Prevention Centre, Udine, Italy

Pistelli F.:

University Hospital of Pisa, Italy

Pitakaka F.:

University of New South Wales, Australia

Piwonska A.:

Cardinal Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Poland

Piwonski J.:

Cardinal Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Poland

Plans-Rubió P.:

Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Spain

Poh B.K.:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Porta M.:

Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Spain

Portegies M.L.P.:

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Poulimeneas D.:

Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Greece

Pradeepa R.:

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Prashant M.:

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Price J.F.:

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Puiu M.:

Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Punab M.:

Tartu University Clinics, Estonia

Qorbani M.:

Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Radic I.:

Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Serbia

Radisauskas R.:

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Rahman M.:

Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research, Bangladesh

Raitakari O.:

Turku University Hospital, Finland

Raj M.:

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Rao S.R.:

National Institute of Epidemiology, India

Ramachandran A.:

India Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Ramke J.:

University of New South Wales, Australia

Ramos R.:

Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Spain

Rampal S.:

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Rasmussen F.:

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Redon J.:

University of Valencia, Spain

Reganit P.F.M.:

University of the Philippines, Philippines

Ribeiro R.:

Department of Health, Brazil

Riboli E.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Rigo F.:

Health Center San Agustín, Spain

De Wit T.F.R.:

PharmAccess Foundation, Netherlands

Ritti-Dias R.M.:

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Rivera J.A.:

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico

Robinson S.M.:

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Robitaille C.:

Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada

Rodríguez-Artalejo F.:

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Del Cristo Rodriguez-Perez M.:

Canarian Health Service, Spain

Rodríguez-Villamizar L.A.:

Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia

Rojas-Martinez R.:

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico

Rojroongwasinkul N.:

Mahidol University, Thailand

Romaguera D.:

CIBEROBN, Spain

Ronkainen K.:

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Rosengren A.:

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Rouse I.:

Fiji National University, Fiji

Rubinstein A.:

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Rühli F.J.:

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Rui O.:

University of Madeira, Portugal

Ruiz-Betancourt B.S.:

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico

Horimoto A.R.V.R.:

Heart Institute (InCor), Brazil

Rutkowski M.:

Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Sabanayagam C.:

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Sachdev H.S.:

Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, India

Saidi O.:

Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia

Salanave B.:

French Institute for Health Surveillance, France

Martinez E.S.:

National Institute of Public Health, Mexico

Salomaa V.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Salonen J.T.:

University of Helsinki, Finland

Salvetti M.:

University of Brescia, Italy

Sánchez-Abanto J.:

National Institute of Health, Peru

Sandjaja:

Ministry of Health, Indonesia

Sans S.:

Catalan Department of Health, Spain

Santos D.A.:

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Santos O.:

Institute of Preventive Medicine, Portugal

Dos Santos R.N.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Santos R.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Sardinha L.B.:

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Sarrafzadegan N.:

Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Iran

Saum K.-U.:

German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Savva S.C.:

Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Cyprus

Scazufca M.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Rosario A.S.:

Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Schargrodsky H.:

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Schienkiewitz A.:

Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Schmidt I.M.:

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Schneider I.J.:

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Schultsz C.:

University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands

Schutte A.E.:

MRC North-West University, South Africa

Sein A.A.:

Ministry of Health, Thailand

Sen A.:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Senbanjo I.O.:

Lagos State University, College of Medicine, Nigeria

Sepanlou S.G.:

Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Iran

Shaw J.E.:

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia

Shibuya K.:

University of Tokyo, Japan

Shin Y.:

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Shiri R.:

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

Siantar R.:

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Sibai A.M.:

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Silva A.M.:

Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil

Silva D.A.S.:

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Simon M.:

India Diabetes Research Foundation, India

Simons J.:

St. Vincent's Hospital, Australia

Simons L.A.:

University of New South Wales, Australia

Sjostrom M.:

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Slowikowska-Hilczer J.:

Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Slusarczyk P.:

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Poland

Smeeth L.:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Smith M.C.:

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Snijder M.B.:

Cardiologia di Mercato S. Severino, Italy

So H.-K.:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Sobngwi E.:

University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

Söderberg S.:

Umeå University, Sweden

Soekatri M.Y.E.:

Health Polytechnics Institute, Indonesia

Solfrizzi V.:

University of Bari, Italy

Sonestedt E.:

Lund University, Sweden

Sørensen T.I.A.:

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Soric M.:

University of Zagreb, Croatia

Jérome C.S.:

Institut Régional de Santé Publique, Benin

Soumare A.:

University of Bordeaux, France

Staessen J.A.:

University of Leuven, Belgium

Starc G.:

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stathopoulou M.G.:

INSERM, France

Staub K.:

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Stavreski B.:

Heart Foundation, Australia

Steene-Johannessen J.:

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway

Stehle P.:

Bonn University, Germany

Stein A.D.:

Emory University, United States

Stergiou G.S.:

Sotiria Hospital, Greece

Stessman J.:

Hadassah University Medical Center, Israel

Stieber J.:

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Stöckl D.:

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Stocks T.:

Lund University, Sweden

Stokwiszewski J.:

National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Poland

Stratton G.:

Swansea University, United Kingdom

Strufaldi M.W.:

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

Sun C.-A.:

Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Sundström J.:

Uppsala University, Sweden

Sung Y.-T.:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Sunyer J.:

Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Spain

Suriyawongpaisal P.:

Mahidol University, Thailand

Swinburn B.A.:

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Sy R.G.:

University of the Philippines, Philippines

Szponar L.:

National Food and Nutrition Institute, Poland

Tai E.S.:

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Tammesoo M.-L.:

University of Tartu, Estonia

Tamosiunas A.:

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Tang L.:

Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark

Tang X.:

Peking University, Health Science Center, China

Tanser F.:

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tao Y.:

Peking University, Health Science Center, China

Tarawneh M.:

Ministry of Health, Jordan

Tarp J.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Tarqui-Mamani C.B.:

National Institute of Health, Peru

Taylor A.:

University of Adelaide, Australia

Tchibindat F.:

UNICEF, Cameroon

Thijs L.:

University of Leuven, Belgium

Thuesen B.H.:

Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark

Tjonneland A.:

Danish Cancer Society Research Centre, Denmark

Tolonen H.K.:

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Tolstrup J.S.:

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Topbas M.:

Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Topór-Madry R.:

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

Torrent M.:

IB-SALUT Area de Salut de Menorca, Spain

Traissac P.:

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

Trichopoulou A.:

Hellenic Health Foundation, Greece

Trivedi A.:

Government Medical College, India

Tshepo L.:

Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, South Africa

Tulloch-Reid M.K.:

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Tuomainen T.-P.:

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Tuomilehto J.:

Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait

Tynelius P.:

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Tzotzas T.:

Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, Greece

Tzourio C.:

University of Bordeaux, France

Ueda P.:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Ukoli F.A.M.:

Meharry Medical College, United States

Ulmer H.:

Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Unal B.:

Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Valdivia G.:

Universidad. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Vale S.:

University of Porto, Portugal

Valvi D.:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Van Der Schouw Y.T.:

University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

Van Herck K.:

Ghent University, Belgium

Van Valkengoed I.G.M.:

University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands

Vanderschueren D.:

Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

Vanuzzo D.:

Centro di Prevenzione Cardiovascolare, Udine, Italy

Vatten L.:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Vega T.:

Consejería de Sanidad Junta de Castilla y León, Spain

Velasquez-Melendez G.:

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Veronesi G.:

University of Insubria, Italy

Monique Verschuren W.M.:

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

Viegi G.:

Italian National Research Council, Italy

Viet L.:

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

Viikari-Juntura E.:

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

Vineis P.:

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Vioque J.:

Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain

Virtanen J.K.:

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Visvikis-Siest S.:

INSERM, France

Viswanathan B.:

Ministry of Health, Seychelles

Vollenweider P.:

Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Voutilainen S.:

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Vrijheid M.:

Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Spain

Wade A.N.:

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Wagner A.:

University of Strasbourg, France

Walton J.:

University College Cork, Ireland

Mohamud W.N.W.:

Institute for Medical Research, Malaysia

Wang M.-D.:

Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada

Wang Q.:

Xinjiang Medical University, China

Wang Y.X.:

Beijing Tongren Hospital, China

Wannamethee S.G.:

University College London, United Kingdom

Wareham N.:

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Weerasekera D.:

Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand

Whincup P.H.:

St. George's, University of London, United Kingdom

Widhalm K.:

Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Widyahening I.S.:

Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

Wiecek A.:

Medical University of Silesia, Poland

Wilks R.J.:

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Willeit J.:

Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

Wojtyniak B.:

National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Poland

Wong J.E.:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Wong T.Y.:

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Woo J.:

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Woodward M.:

University of Sydney, Australia

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Wu F.C.:

University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Wu J.:

Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China

Wu S.L.:

Kailuan General Hospital, China

Xu H.:

Institute of Food and Nutrition Development of Ministry of Agriculture, China

Xu L.:

Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Yamborisut U.:

Mahidol University, Thailand

Yan W.:

Fudan University, China

Yang X.:

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China

Yardim N.:

Ministry of Health, Turkey

Ye X.:

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Yiallouros P.K.:

Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Yoshihara A.:

Niigata University, Japan

You Q.S.:

Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Younger-Coleman N.O.:

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Yusoff A.F.:

Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Zainuddin A.A.:

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Zambon S.:

University of Padova, Italy

Zdrojewski T.:

Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Zeng Y.:

Duke University, United States

Peking University, Health Science Center, China

Zhao D.:

Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Zhao W.:

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China

Zheng Y.:

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Zhou M.:

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China

Zhu D.:

Inner Mongolia Medical University, China

Zimmermann E.:

Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals, Denmark

Cisneros J.Z.:

Gorgas Memorial Institute of Public Health, Panama