About NCD-RisC
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) is a network of health scientists around the world that provides rigorous and timely data on major risk factors for non-communicable diseases for all of the world’s countries.
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- 2024 General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants. Lancet
- 2024 Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet
- 2024 Cardiometabolic and renal phenotypes and transitions in the United States population. Nature Cardiovascular Research
NCD-RisC in the News
- March 1, 2024 BBC - More than a billion people obese worldwide, research suggests
- March 1, 2024 The Economist - The obesity capitals of the world
- February 29, 2024 Financial Times - 'Epidemic of obesity' blights children as global rates soar
- February 29, 2024 CNN - More than 1 billion people in the world now live with obesity, analysis finds
- February 29, 2024 The Times of India - More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds