ReviewPharmacoEconomics2015
The Epidemiology of Obesity: A Big Picture.
Review in PharmacoEconomics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1,301 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Prediction of Response to GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonists in Obesity Using Genetic Risk Score and SNP Profiling: A Prospective Cohort Study.
What is the Effect of a Feedback Device on Weight Loss and Metabolic Measurements in Obese People With the Metabolic Syndrome?
Factors Associated With Obesity in Adult Women: Respiratory Exchange Ratio, Heart Rate Variation and Body Image
Endoscopic Gastroplasty for Treatment of Obesity: a Single Centre, Randomized Trial
RADIQAL Study (Radiation Dose and Image Quality Trial)
Who cites it
1,301 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2,898 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Dose-response analysis between weight-adjusted waist index and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Do dietary interventions aimed at enhancing fertility improve nutritional status in overweight or obese women?Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- ProbioticNarra J · 2025Pooled it
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- Efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block for gastric surgery: a meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Pooled it
- When Weight Matters: How Obesity Impacts Reproductive Health and Pregnancy-A Systematic Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Pooled it
- Investigating the Salivary Biomarker Profile in Obesity: A Systematic Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Pooled it
- Social and Religious Networks with Respect to the Health Behaviors of African American Women: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2025Pooled it
- Essential dataset features in a successful obesity registry: a systematic review.International health · 2025Pooled it
- Aerobic Exercise Plus Hypocaloric Diet on Serum Leptin Concentrations in Adults With Primary Hypertension and Overweight/Obesity: Results From the EXERDIET-HTA Trial.Clinical obesity · 2026Trial
- Omentopexy Effect on Gastric Dilatation Post Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity surgery · 2026Trial
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- Effects of training in pairs versus training alone on reaching proficiency in minimally invasive Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass on a virtual reality trainer in medical students: a randomized-controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Trial
- Exercise intensity as a modulator of gut microbiota and host metabolic health in obesity.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- The role of gut microbiome in aging-associated diseases: where do we stand now and how technology will transform the future.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Ecological restructuring of the nonbacterial fecal microbiome in obesity across human cohorts.Gut microbes · 2026Article
- A qualitative study exploring experiences about using semaglutide for weight loss in a rural setting in Denmark - 'she is probably on the meds'.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
1,241 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The epidemic of overweight and obesity presents a major challenge to chronic disease prevention and health across the life course around the world. Fueled by economic growth, industrialization, mechanized transport, urbanization, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and a nutritional transition to processed foods and high-calorie diets over the last 30 years, many countries have witnessed the prevalence of obesity in its citizens double and even quadruple. A rising prevalence of childhood obesity, in particular, forebodes a staggering burden of disease in individuals and healthcare systems in the decades to come. A complex, multifactorial disease, with genetic, behavioral, socioeconomic, and environmental origins, obesity raises the risk of debilitating morbidity and mortality. Relying primarily on epidemiologic evidence published within the last decade, this non-exhaustive review discusses the extent of the obesity epidemic, its risk factors-known and novel-, sequelae, and economic impact across the globe.
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