Obesity : health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge

Barry Popkin Meera Shekar

"Obesity is a global ticking time-bomb with huge potential negative economic and health impacts, especially for the poor. Countries and global partners need to act urgently to address this ensuing epidemic with emphasis highlighting interventions that require corrective public action rather than one of individual responsibility"--

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Meera Shekar, Barry Popkin
Other Persons:	Popkin, Barry (ed.) ; Shekar, Meera (ed.)
Publisher:	2019: Washington : World Bank Group
Subject:	Welt \| World \| Gesundheit \| Health \| Körpergewicht \| Body weight \| Gesundheitsrisiko \| Health risk \| Ernährungsverhalten \| Eating habit \| Globalisierung \| Globalization

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
Series:	World Bank E-Library Archive Human development perspectives
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	1912
ISBN:	978-1-4648-1491-4 ; 978-1-4648-1492-1 ; 978-1-4648-1491-4
Other identifiers:	10.1596/978-1-4648-1491-4 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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