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- Authors
- Swinburn, B. A., Kraak, V. I., Allender, S., Atkins, V. J., Baker, P. I., Bogard, J. R., Brinsden, H., Calvillo, A., De Schutter, O., Devarajan, R., Ezzati, M., Friel, S., Goenka, S., Hammond, R. A., Hastings, G., Hawkes, C., Herrero, M., Hovmand, P. S., Howden, M., Jaacks, L. M., Kapetanaki, A. B., Kasman, M., Kuhnlein, H. V., Kumanyika, S. K., Larijani, B., Lobstein, T., Long, M. W., Matsudo, V. K. R., Mills, S. D. H., Morgan, G., Morshed, A., Nece, P. M., Pan, A., Patterson, D. W., Sacks, G., Shekar, M., Simmons, G. L., Smit, W., Tootee, A., Vandevijvere, S., Waterlander, W. E., Wolfenden, L., & Dietz, W. H.
- Affiliations
- Deakin University (AU)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- World Obesity Federation (GB)
- El Poder del Consumidor AC (MX)
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Brookings Institution (US)
- University of Stirling (GB)
- University of London (GB)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- McGill University (CA)
- Drexel University (US)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- George Washington University (US)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- World Bank (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Diabetes Research Center (IR)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Swinburn, Boyd A
- ORCID
- Swinburn, Boyd A
- Kraak, Vivica I
- Allender, Steven
- Baker, Phillip I
- Bogard, Jessica R
- Calvillo, Alejandro
- Devarajan, Raji
- Ezzati, Majid
- Friel, Sharon
- Goenka, Shifalika
- Hammond, Ross A
- Hastings, Gerard
- Hawkes, Corinna
- Herrero, Mario
- Hovmand, Peter S
- Howden, Mark
- Jaacks, Lindsay M
- Kapetanaki, Ariadne B
- Kasman, Matt
- Kuhnlein, Harriet V
- Kumanyika, Shiriki K
- Larijani, Bagher
- Lobstein, Tim
- Long, Michael W
- Matsudo, Victor K R
- Mills, Susanna D H
- Morshed, Alexandra
- Pan, An
- Patterson, David W
- Sacks, Gary
- Shekar, Meera
- Smit, Warren
- Tootee, Ali
- Vandevijvere, Stefanie
- Waterlander, Wilma E
- Wolfenden, Luke
- Dietz, William H
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 393
- Issue
- 10173
- Pages
- 791-846
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2912842935
- Semantic Scholar
- aa1b4a7e43edc55f15ccf961694a3c48c2a81306
- Cited by
- 3,081
- References
- 249
- Citations by year
- 2026: 324 · 2025: 400 · 2024: 379 · 2023: 422 · 2022: 448 · 2021: 513 · 2020: 422 · 2019: 164
- FWCI
- 37.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
- NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Funders
- Medical Research Council (MR/L01341X/1)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL130357)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- obesity, malnutrition, climate change, syndemic, planetary health, dietary risk, health impacts of climate change
- MeSH terms
- Syndemic, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Food Supply, Health Policy, Humans, Infant, Male, Obesity, Global Health, Comorbidity, Malnutrition, Climate Change
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