Understanding the rise of cardiometabolic diseases in low- and middle-income countries

The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic

(2019) Lindsay M Jaacks et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Community groups or mobile phone messaging to prevent and control type 2 diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Bangladesh (DMagic): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

(2019) Edward Fottrell et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Association Between Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults in France

(2019) Laure Schnabel et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Integrating mental health with other non-communicable diseases

(2019) Dan J Stein et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Life course approach to prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

(2019) Bente Mikkelsen et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

(2019) Carlos A Monteiro et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

SMARThealth India: A stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial of a community health worker managed mobile health intervention for people assessed at high cardiovascular disease risk in rural India

(2019) David Peiris et al.   PLoS One

Feasibility of integrated, multilevel care for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A scoping review

(2019) Temitope Ojo et al.   PLoS One

The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

(2019) Boyd A Swinburn et al.   LANCET

Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(2019) Jo Vearey et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Global alcohol exposure between 1990 and 2017 and forecasts until 2030: a modelling study

(2019) Jakob Manthey et al.   LANCET

Offline: Time to radically rethink non-communicable diseases

(2019) Richard Horton   LANCET

Rural areas drive increases in global obesity

(2019) Barry M. Popkin   NATURE

Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

(2019)   NATURE

Global benchmarking of children's exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries

(2019) Bridget Kelly et al.   Obesity Reviews

Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories

(2019) Stefanie Vandevijvere et al.   Obesity Reviews

Food Marketing Influences Children’s Attitudes, Preferences and Consumption: A Systematic Critical Review

(2019) Rachel Smith et al.   Nutrients

Asking the right question: implementation research to accelerate national non-communicable disease responses

(2019) David H Peters et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé)

(2019) Bernard Srour et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Using mHealth Tools to Improve Access and Coverage of People With Public Health Insurance and High Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Argentina: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial

(2019) Andrea Beratarrechea et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Vehicle emission and atmospheric pollution in China: problems, progress, and prospects

(2019) Jin Wang et al.   PeerJ

Food insecurity in relation to obesity in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for diet-related non-communicable disease

(2019) Jo Hunter-Adams et al.   APPETITE

Impact of the Food-Labeling and Advertising Law Banning Competitive Food and Beverages in Chilean Public Schools, 2014–2016

(2019) Camila Massri et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Development of the Chilean front-of-package food warning label

(2019) Marcela Reyes et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Three Public Health Interventions Could Save 94 Million Lives in 25 Years Global Impact Assessment Analysis

(2019) Vasilis Kontis et al.   CIRCULATION

The association of early-life exposure to ambient PM2.5 and later-childhood height-for-age in India: an observational study

(2019) Dean Spears et al.   Environmental Health

Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Blood Pressure in Peri-urban India

(2019) Ariadna Curto et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

The process of prioritization of non-communicable diseases in the global health policy arena

(2019) Olivia Heller et al.   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

The Relative Caloric Prices of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods Differ Systematically across Income Levels and Continents

(2019) Derek D Headey et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Extending Data for Urban Health Decision-Making: a Menu of New and Potential Neighborhood-Level Health Determinants Datasets in LMICs

(2019) Dana R. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH-BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

A comparison of the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages from 12 countries using the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling system, 2013–2018

(2019) Elizabeth K. Dunford et al.   Obesity Reviews

Active streets for children: The case of the Bogotá Ciclovía

(2019) Camilo A. Triana et al.   PLoS One

Are industry-funded charities promoting “advocacy-led studies” or “evidence-based science”?: a case study of the International Life Sciences Institute

(2019) Sarah Steele et al.   Globalization and Health

Ancient origins of low lean mass among South Asians and implications for modern type 2 diabetes susceptibility

(2019) Emma Pomeroy et al.   Scientific Reports

Time to align: development cooperation for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

(2019) Téa E Collins et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Quantifying the impact of genes on body mass index during the obesity epidemic: longitudinal findings from the HUNT Study

(2019) Maria Brandkvist et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Associations between Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Intake of Nutrients Related to Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Mexico

(2019) Joaquín A. Marrón-Ponce et al.   Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Non-communicable diseases and climate change: linked global emergencies

(2019) Rachel Nugent et al.   LANCET

Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

(2019) Salim Yusuf et al.   LANCET

Dimensions of national culture associated with different trajectories of male and female mean body mass index in countries over 25 years

(2019) Chelsea Wallace et al.   Obesity Reviews

Dietary share of ultra-processed foods and metabolic syndrome in the US adult population

(2019) Eurídice Martínez Steele et al.   PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Diabetes in South Asians: Phenotype, Clinical Presentation, and Natural History

(2018) Ranjit Unnikrishnan et al.   Current Diabetes Reports

Hypertensive and toxicological health risk among women exposed to biomass smoke: A rural Indian scenario

(2018) Deep Chakraborty et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and birthweight in a rural-urban, mother-child cohort in Tamil Nadu, India

(2018) Kalpana Balakrishnan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The capacity–load model of non-communicable disease risk: understanding the effects of child malnutrition, ethnicity and the social determinants of health

(2018) Jonathan C. K. Wells   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Integration of a Technology-Based Mental Health Screening Program Into Routine Practices of Primary Health Care Services in Peru (The Allillanchu Project): Development and Implementation

(2018) Francisco Diez-Canseco et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

Acting on NCDs: counting the cost

(2018) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus   LANCET

Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to walking down a traffic-polluted road compared with walking in a traffic-free area in participants aged 60 years and older with chronic lung or heart disease and age-matched healthy controls: a randomised, crossover study

(2018) Rudy Sinharay et al.   LANCET

Tackling socioeconomic inequalities and non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries under the Sustainable Development agenda

(2018) Louis W Niessen et al.   LANCET

Investing in non-communicable disease prevention and management to advance the Sustainable Development Goals

(2018) Rachel Nugent et al.   LANCET

Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America

(2018) B. M. Popkin et al.   Obesity Reviews

Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review

(2018) Bonaventure Amandi Egbujie et al.   PLoS One

Long-term trends and spatial patterns of PM 2.5 -induced premature mortality in South and Southeast Asia from 1999 to 2014

(2018) Yusheng Shi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century

(2018) Patrick Webb et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Nutrition disparities and the global burden of malnutrition

(2018) Rafael Perez-Escamilla et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Health insurance coverage with or without a nurse-led task shifting strategy for hypertension control: A pragmatic cluster randomized trial in Ghana

(2018) Gbenga Ogedegbe et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century

(2018) Patrick Webb et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Nutrition disparities and the global burden of malnutrition

(2018) Rafael Perez-Escamilla et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Implementation tells us more beyond pooled estimates�A secondary analysis of the GISMAL multi-country mHealth trial (Preprint)

(2018) Rodrigo Carrillo-Larco et al.   JMIR mHealth and uHealth

NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

(2018) James E Bennett et al.   LANCET

Systems Thinking as a Framework for Analyzing Commercial Determinants of Health

(2018) CÉCILE KNAI et al.   MILBANK QUARTERLY

Acting on non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income tropical countries

(2018) Majid Ezzati et al.   NATURE

Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases

(2018) Dean E. Schraufnagel et al.   CHEST

Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases

(2018) Dean E. Schraufnagel et al.   CHEST

Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities

(2018) H. Manisha Yapa et al.   Implementation Science

Building a Data Platform for Cross-Country Urban Health Studies: the SALURBAL Study

(2018) D. Alex Quistberg et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH-BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

(2018) Jeffrey D Stanaway et al.   LANCET

Structural responses to the obesity and non‐communicable diseases epidemic: Update on the Chilean law of food labelling and advertising

(2018) Camila Corvalán et al.   Obesity Reviews

The prevalence and audience reach of food and beverage advertising on Chilean television according to marketing tactics and nutritional quality of products

(2018) Teresa Correa et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Global Alliance for Chronic Disease researchers' statement on multimorbidity

(2018) John R Hurst et al.   Lancet Global Health

Health impact modelling of different travel patterns on physical activity, air pollution and road injuries for São Paulo, Brazil

(2017) Thiago Hérick de Sá et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

In Mexico, Evidence Of Sustained Consumer Response Two Years After Implementing A Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax

(2017) M. Arantxa Colchero et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Integrated care: learning between high-income, and low- and middle-income country health systems

(2017) Sandra Mounier-Jack et al.   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Effect of a Community Health Worker–Led Multicomponent Intervention on Blood Pressure Control in Low-Income Patients in Argentina

(2017) Jiang He et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Particulate matter and markers of glycemic control and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients: result from Wellcome Trust Genetic study

(2017) Morteza Abdullatif Khafaie et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015

(2017) Gregory A. Roth et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Consumption of commercially produced snack foods and sugar-sweetened beverages during the complementary feeding period in four African and Asian urban contexts

(2017) Alissa M. Pries et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Nutrition status of children in Latin America

(2017) C. Corvalán et al.   Obesity Reviews

Food advertising on Argentinean television: are ultra-processed foods in the lead?

(2017) Lorena Allemandi et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Prevalence of child-directed and general audience marketing strategies on the front of beverage packaging: the case of Chile

(2017) Fernanda Mediano Stoltze et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

The share of ultra-processed foods determines the overall nutritional quality of diets in Brazil

(2017) Maria Laura da Costa Louzada et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the Chilean diet (2010)

(2017) Gustavo Cediel et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Healthy people and healthy profits? Elaborating a conceptual framework for governing the commercial determinants of non-communicable diseases and identifying options for reducing risk exposure

(2017) Kent Buse et al.   Globalization and Health

Tackling the health burden of air pollution in South Asia

(2017) Bhargav Krishna et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution in Developing Countries

(2017) Pier Mannucci et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Overweight and obesity in Mexican children and adolescents during the last 25 years

(2017) S Hernández-Cordero et al.   Nutrition & Diabetes

Implementation science: Relevance in the real world without sacrificing rigor

(2017) Elvin H. Geng et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Tackling the health burden of air pollution in South Asia

(2017) Bhargav Krishna et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A shift from motorised travel to active transport: What are the potential health gains for an Australian city?

(2017) Belen Zapata-Diomedi et al.   PLoS One

Childhood stunting: a global perspective

(2016) Mercedes de Onis et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Use of m-Health Technology for Preventive Interventions to Tackle Cardiometabolic Conditions and Other Non-Communicable Diseases in Latin America- Challenges and Opportunities

(2016) Andrea Beratarrechea et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Including congestion effects in urban road traffic CO2 emissions modelling: Do Local Government Authorities have the right options?

(2016) Matt Grote et al.   TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT

Making unhealthy places: The built environment and non-communicable diseases in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

(2016) Warren Smit et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Food systems transformations, ultra-processed food markets and the nutrition transition in Asia

(2016) Phillip Baker et al.   Globalization and Health

Three Steps to Improve Management of Noncommunicable Diseases in Humanitarian Crises

(2016) Kiran Jobanputra et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Preventing Weight Gain in Women in Rural Communities: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

(2016) Catherine Lombard et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

The changing face of diabetes complications

(2016) Edward W Gregg et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Effectiveness of an mHealth intervention to improve the cardiometabolic profile of people with prehypertension in low-resource urban settings in Latin America: a randomised controlled trial

(2016) Adolfo Rubinstein et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

The commercial determinants of health

(2016) Ilona Kickbusch et al.   Lancet Global Health

Quality Improvement for Cardiovascular Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

(2016) Edward S. Lee et al.   PLoS One

Multinational Alcohol Market Development and Public Health: Diageo in India

(2015) Marissa B. Esser et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Can the sustainable development goals reduce the burden of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases without truly addressing major food system reforms?

(2015) Corinna Hawkes et al.   BMC Medicine

The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Epidemiology and Management

(2015) Ashna D.K. Bowry et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Simplified Multifaceted Management Program for Individuals at High Cardiovascular Risk (SimCard Trial) in Rural Tibet, China, and Haryana, IndiaCLINICAL PERSPECTIVE

(2015) Maoyi Tian et al.   CIRCULATION

Contributions of risk factors and medical care to cardiovascular mortality trends

(2015) Majid Ezzati et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Six challenges in modelling for public health policy

(2015) C.J.E. Metcalf et al.   Epidemics

Systems science and systems thinking for public health: a systematic review of the field

(2015) Gemma Carey et al.   BMJ Open

Realising the health and wellbeing of adolescents

(2015) Laura Laski   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Realising the health and wellbeing of adolescents

(2015) Laura Laski   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Guatemalan school food environment: impact on schoolchildren's risk of both undernutrition and overweight/obesity

(2015) Elisa L. Pehlke et al.   HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL

The Effectiveness of Interventions for Non-Communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Crises: A Systematic Review

(2015) Alexander Ruby et al.   PLoS One

Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality

(2014) Shyama Kuruvilla et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The global impact of non-communicable diseases on households and impoverishment: a systematic review

(2014) Loes Jaspers et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Cardiovascular Risk and Events in 17 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries

(2014) Salim Yusuf et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

(2014) B. Swinburn et al.   Obesity Reviews

Adult consequences of growth failure in early childhood

(2013) John Hoddinott et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Solid Fuel Use for Household Cooking: Country and Regional Estimates for 1980–2010

(2013) Sophie Bonjour et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Household fuels, low birth weight, and neonatal death in India: The separate impacts of biomass, kerosene, and coal

(2013) M.B. Epstein et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

A systematic review of air pollution as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in South Asia: Limited evidence from India and Pakistan

(2013) S.S. Yamamoto et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Epigenetics and Early Life Origins of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases

(2013) Guoying Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries

(2013) Rob Moodie et al.   LANCET

Factors Influencing the Decline in Stroke Mortality

(2013) Daniel T. Lackland et al.   STROKE

Complexity in Mathematical Models of Public Health Policies: A Guide for Consumers of Models

(2013) Sanjay Basu et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Comparative Effectiveness of Collaborative Chronic Care Models for Mental Health Conditions Across Primary, Specialty, and Behavioral Health Care Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2012) Emily Woltmann et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Public Health, Academic Medicine, and the Alcohol Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities

(2012) Thomas F. Babor et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Adoption of telemedicine: from pilot stage to routine delivery

(2012) Paolo Zanaboni et al.   BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Systemic Inflammation (C-Reactive Protein) in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Is Associated With Ambient Air Pollution in Pune City, India

(2012) M. A. Khafaie et al.   DIABETES CARE

Systemic inflammatory changes and increased oxidative stress in rural Indian women cooking with biomass fuels

(2012) Anindita Dutta et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

Why corporate power is a public health priority

(2012) G. Hastings   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The Brazil SimSmoke Policy Simulation Model: The Effect of Strong Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Prevalence and Smoking-Attributable Deaths in a Middle Income Nation

(2012) David Levy et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

(2012) David Stuckler et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Early-Life Origins of Adult Disease: National Longitudinal Population-Based Study of the United States

(2011) Rucker C. Johnson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Complex Systems Thinking and Current Impasses in Health Disparities Research

(2011) Ana V. Diez Roux   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Global Alcohol Producers, Science, and Policy: The Case of the International Center for Alcohol Policies

(2011) David H. Jernigan   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Climate Change, Noncommunicable Diseases, and Development: The Relationships and Common Policy Opportunities

(2011) S. Friel et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Proportion of the Decline in Cardiovascular Mortality Disease due to Prevention Versus Treatment: Public Health Versus Clinical Care

(2011) Earl S. Ford et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Traffic impacts on PM2.5 air quality in Nairobi, Kenya

(2011) Patrick L. Kinney et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Differences in cardiovascular risk factors in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru

(2011) J. J. Miranda et al.   HEART

Progress of Ambient Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease Research in Asia

(2011) Ta-Chen Su et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Global Scenarios of Air Pollutant Emissions from Road Transport through to 2050

(2011) Takayuki Takeshita   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The thrifty phenotype: An adaptation in growth or metabolism?

(2010) Jonathan C.K. Wells   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY

A Framework for Public Health Action: The Health Impact Pyramid

(2010) Thomas R. Frieden   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Differential health needs of the population in Cape Town, South Africa: Local-level mortality surveillance in resource-limited settings: a case study of the City of Cape Town highlights disparities in health

(2010) Pam Groenewald et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Effectiveness of telemedicine: A systematic review of reviews

(2010) Anne G. Ekeland et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS

The alcohol industry and public interest science

(2009) Kerstin Stenius et al.   ADDICTION

Maternal capital and the metabolic ghetto: An evolutionary perspective on the transgenerational basis of health inequalities

(2009) Jonathan C.K. Wells   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY

The Impact of Corporate Practices on Health: Implications for Health Policy

(2008) Nicholas Freudenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

(2008) Robert E Black et al.   LANCET

Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

(2008) Cesar G Victora et al.   LANCET

The role of tobacco control policies in reducing smoking and deaths in a middle income nation: results from the Thailand SimSmoke simulation model

(2008) D T Levy et al.   TOBACCO CONTROL