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How much of the stalled mortality trends in Scotland and England can be attributed to obesity?

David WalshElaine TodGerry McCartneyKate Ann Levin
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
Some of the recent stalled mortality trends in Scotland and England may be associated with earlier increases in obesity. Policies to reduce the obesogenic environment, including its structural and commercial determinants, and reverse the impacts of austerity, are needed.
Keyphrases
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • weight loss
  • cardiovascular events
  • type diabetes
  • high fat diet induced
  • weight gain
  • public health
  • risk factors
  • adipose tissue
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiovascular disease