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  • BBC - More than a billion people obese worldwide, research suggests
  • The Economist - The obesity capitals of the world
  • The Telegraph - Obesity now greater risk to global health than hunger
  • The Times of India - More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds
  • India Today - Over a billion people struggling with obesity globally: Lancet study
  • Hindustan Times - Global malnourishment: 1 in 8 people are obese
  • The Indian Express - New Lancet study shows India sitting on obesity curve: What’s causing it?
  • AFP - "C'EST UN PROBLÈME MONDIAL": L'OBÉSITÉ TOUCHE DÉSORMAIS PLUS D'UN MILLIARD DE PERSONNES
  • Reuters - More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds
  • Daily Mail - Revealed: More than a BILLION people worldwide are now obese - so how do rates fare in YOUR country?
  • Sky News - Number of obese people worldwide surpasses one billion
  • Der Spiegel - Mehr als eine Milliarde Menschen plagt starkes Übergewicht
  • Mirror - UK obesity rates double since 1990 with 17 million Britons now obese
  • Financial Times - Epidemic of obesity' blights children as global rates soar
  • CNN - More than 1 billion people in the world now live with obesity, analysis finds
  • The Guardian - More than a billion people worldwide are obese, research finds
  • Forbes - Over 1 Billion People Now Have Obesity, Study Finds: What To Know About Global Weight Trends
  • O Globo - Um bilhão de obesos no planeta: número foi puxado por crianças e adolescentes, mostra relatório global
  • Scientific American - Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries
  • China News - 《自然》最新论文:城市青少年儿童生长发育优势或已消失
  • El Pais - Los niños del entorno rural crecen un centímetro en los últimos 30 años y alcanzan a los de ciudad
  • Nouvelles du Monde - Les enfants des campagnes ont grandi d’un centimètre ces 30 dernières années et ont rattrapé les enfants des villes
  • ORF - Los niños del entorno rural crecen un centímetro en los últimos 30 años y alcanzan a los de ciudad
  • Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology - 科学家揭示1990至2019年全球高血压患病率趋势
  • Liverpool Echo - Millions of Brits have been warned that they are at risk of a silent killer condition according to a recent study
  • 聯合新聞網 - 全球高血壓患者數量翻倍 2大因素讓台灣有同樣現象
  • Le Monde - Dans le monde, seule une hypertension artérielle sur cinq est correctement traitée
  • DR - Dobbelt så mange har forhøjet blodtryk som i 90’erne: 'Lidt motion kan hjælpe meget'
  • Heute - 50 Prozent ahnen nichts von ihrem Bluthochdruck
  • CNET - Number of people with high blood pressure has doubled in 30 years, global study finds
  • The Manila Times - 720M folk worldwide have high BP – study
  • The Hindustan Times - 60%-70% Indians with hypertension unaware of their condition: Study
  • The Straits Times - Number of people with high blood pressure doubled in 30 years
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt - Hypertonie: Prävalenz sinkt in reicheren Ländern und steigt in ärmeren Ländern
  • AFP - High blood pressure doubled globally in 30 years, study shows
  • CNN - Number of people with high blood pressure has doubled globally, large study finds
  • MedSci - Lancet:全球200个国家地区近30年来高血压患病率、治疗和控制的变化情况
  • The Indian Express - People living with hypertension doubled worldwide in 30 years to more than 1.2 billion: Study
  • Libération - Plus de la moitié des personnes atteintes d’hypertension dans le monde ne sont pas soignées
  • Handelsblatt - Fast jeder zweite Betroffene weiß nichts von seinem Bluthochdruck
  • The Mirror - UK figures for hypertension now among lowest in world after drastic improvements
  • News Medical - Study reveals trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment over the past 30 years
  • Science Media Centre - expert reaction to study looking at global incidence of hypertension
  • UN News - High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds
  • Reuters - High blood pressure driven by obesity, poverty - WHO study
  • El Pais - ¿Cuánto hemos crecido? La mala nutrición genera una brecha de hasta 20 centímetros de altura entre países
  • Le Monde - 1,65 m au Bangladesh, 1,83 m aux Pays-Bas… L’alimentation accentue les disparités de taille des jeunes dans le monde
  • Nutra - Global study examines impact of childhood nutrition on height, BMI
  • International Business Times - Height and diet co-relation: Study attributes children shorter by 20 cm to poor nutrition
  • Folha de S. Paulo - Brasileira de 19 anos tem altura de holandesa de 13, aponta estudo global
  • Cosmos - Poor nutrition blamed for child height gap
  • Healio - ‘Concerning’ BMI, height trends observed among school-aged children worldwide
  • Medical Dialogues - Poor Nutrition In School Years Linked To Stunted Growth,Childhood Obesity: Lancet
  • Meaww - Can poor diet stunt growth? Study suggests it may have caused a 20cm difference in height across countries
  • UPI - Young adults in U.S. among world leaders in unhealthy weight, researchers say
  • Science Daily - Poor nutrition in school years may have created 20 cm height gap across nations
  • Mirage - Poor nutrition in school years may have created 20cm height gap across nations
  • Medicalxpress - Poor nutrition in school years may have created 20 cm height gap across nations
  • EurekAlert - Poor nutrition in school years may have created 20 cm height gap across nations
  • 人民网 - 研究:饮食不良影响青少年身高
  • 新浪 - 中国男女平均身高东亚第一:女性平均163.5cm 男性平均175.7cm
  • BBC - Poor diet: Children 20cm shorter as a result, analysis says
  • Telegrah - UK at risk of becoming the short man of Europe because of poor diet, study reveals
  • Daily Mail - British girls are the fattest in Europe and boys aren't much slimmer, reveals major study that also shows UK teens are not growing as tall 'due to worse nutrition'
  • Metro - Bad nutrition ‘stunts child growth 8in in poor nations’
  • Guardian - Children in UK lag behind international counterparts in healthy development
  • Clarín - Argentina, uno de los países que más bajó el colesterol malo en Latinoamérica
  • 搜狐 - Nature | 覆盖10.26亿人的研究——胆固醇全球分布新格局
  • 科学网 - 研究分析全球高胆固醇人口的分布变化
  • 中国科学院 - 全球高胆固醇人口变化及驱动力报告出炉
  • Folha de S. Paulo - Países mais pobres são novo epicentro dos males do colesterol, aponta estudo
  • Technology Networks - Are Changing Diets Responsible for Sharp Increase in Cholesterol Levels in Asia?
  • Medscape - 'Global Epicenter' of Problematic Cholesterol Has Shifted
  • RÚV - Meira vont kólesteról í Asíu minna á Vesturlöndum
  • Forskning - Kolesterolnivåerna sjunker i väst – men stiger i Asien
  • Newshub - Heart doctor urges Kiwis to stay away from high-fat, low-carb diets
  • TMTPOST - Nature 发布全球胆固醇水平变化研究:中国增长水平全球最高
  • NUTRA - Asia’s cholesterol explosion: Diet a key contributor to huge rises across the region – new data
  • Healtier Lives - Cholesterol levels drop in Western nations including New Zealand, but rise in Asia and some Pacific Island nations
  • IntraMed - El mayor estudio de los niveles mundiales de colesterol - Los niveles de colesterol disminuyen en occidente, pero aumentan en Asia
  • Archyde - ‘Badder’ cholesterol decreases in western countries
  • ORF - Cholesterinwerte sinken in reichen Ländern
  • MedicalXpress - Cholesterol levels dropping in Western nations—but rising in Asia
  • OkMedicina - Colesterolo, promossi gli italiani
  • News Abode - Cholesterol levels rising in Asia,Dropping in Western nations
  • Molise Tabloid - Colesterolo, molisani promossi: studio Neuromed mostra miglioramento in linea con i Paesi occidentali
  • La Legge Per Tutti - La buona notizia sul colesterolo
  • Adn Kronos - Colesterolo, promossi gli italiani
  • Il Denaro - Neuromed, su Nature la megaricerca sulla diffusione del colesterolo: gli italiani tra i più bravi a combatterlo
  • Rainews - Calano i livelli di colesterolo "cattivo" in Italia
  • COPE - Los niveles de colesterol disminuyen bruscamente en los países occidentales, pero aumentan en Asia
  • ABC - El colesterol ‘más malo’ disminuye en los países occidentales
  • Scimex - High cholesterol levels shift to lower- and middle-income countries
  • Cosmos - The changing face of high cholesterol problems
  • LabPulse - Cholesterol levels fall in West, rise in Asia
  • MEAWW - ‘Bad’ cholesterol levels fall sharply in high-income nations but rising in low, middle-income countries
  • Daily Mail - Britain is getting healthier: Cholesterol levels in the UK have dropped sharply since 1980 but are rising in poorer Asian countries due to high-fat diets
  • The National - Surge in Asian deaths linked to diet as global lifestyle patterns shift