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

Boyd A Swinburn¹, Vivica I Kraak², Steven Allender³, Vincent J Atkins⁴, Phillip I Baker⁵, Jessica R Bogard⁶, Hannah Brinsden⁷, Alejandro Calvillo⁸, Olivier De Schutter⁹, Raji Devarajan¹⁰, Majid Ezzati¹¹, Sharon Friel¹², Shifalika Goenka¹⁰, Ross A Hammond¹³, Gerard Hastings¹⁴, Corinna Hawkes¹⁵, Mario Herrero⁶, Peter S Hovmand¹⁶, Mark Howden¹⁷, Lindsay M Jaacks¹⁸, Ariadne B Kapetanaki¹⁹, Matt Kasman²⁰, Harriet V Kuhnlein²¹, Shiriki K Kumanyika²², Bagher Larijani²³, Tim Lobstein⁷, Michael W Long²⁴, Victor K R Matsudo²⁵, Susanna D H Mills²⁶, Gareth Morgan²⁷, Alexandra Morshed²⁸, Patricia M Nece²⁹, An Pan³⁰, David W Patterson³¹, Gary Sacks³², Meera Shekar³³, Geoff L Simmons²⁷, Warren Smit³⁴, Ali Tootee³⁵, Stefanie Vandevijvere³⁶, Wilma E Waterlander³⁷, Luke Wolfenden³⁸, William H Dietz²⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Global Obesity Centre, School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: boyd.swinburn@auckland.ac.nz.
² Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
³ Global Obesity Centre, School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Caribbean Community Secretariat, Bridgetown, Barbados.
⁵ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁷ World Obesity Federation, London, UK.
⁸ El Poder del Consumidor, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁹ Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Legal Sciences, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
¹⁰ Public Health Foundation of India, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India.
¹¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
¹² School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
¹³ Center on Social Dynamics & Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA; Public Health & Social Policy Department, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁴ Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
¹⁵ Centre for Food Policy, City University, University of London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Social System Design Lab, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁷ Climate Change Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
¹⁸ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Marketing and Enterprise, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
²⁰ Center on Social Dynamics & Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
²¹ Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
²² Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
²³ Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
²⁴ Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
²⁵ Physical Fitness Research Laboratory of São Caetano do Sul, São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil.
²⁶ Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
²⁷ The Morgan Foundation, Wellington, New Zealand.
²⁸ Prevention Research Center, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
²⁹ Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, FL, USA.
³⁰ School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
³¹ International Development Law Organization, The Hague, Netherlands.
³² Global Obesity Centre, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³³ Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
³⁴ African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³⁵ Diabetes Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³⁶ School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Scientific Institute of Public Health (Sciensano), Brussels, Belgium.
³⁷ Department of Public Health Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³⁸ School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 30700377
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32822-8

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

Boyd A Swinburn et al. Lancet. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 23;393(10173):791-846.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32822-8. Epub 2019 Jan 27.

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Affiliations

¹ School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Global Obesity Centre, School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: boyd.swinburn@auckland.ac.nz.
² Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
³ Global Obesity Centre, School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Caribbean Community Secretariat, Bridgetown, Barbados.
⁵ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁷ World Obesity Federation, London, UK.
⁸ El Poder del Consumidor, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁹ Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Legal Sciences, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
¹⁰ Public Health Foundation of India, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India.
¹¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
¹² School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
¹³ Center on Social Dynamics & Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA; Public Health & Social Policy Department, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁴ Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
¹⁵ Centre for Food Policy, City University, University of London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Social System Design Lab, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁷ Climate Change Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
¹⁸ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Marketing and Enterprise, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
²⁰ Center on Social Dynamics & Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
²¹ Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
²² Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
²³ Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
²⁴ Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
²⁵ Physical Fitness Research Laboratory of São Caetano do Sul, São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil.
²⁶ Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
²⁷ The Morgan Foundation, Wellington, New Zealand.
²⁸ Prevention Research Center, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
²⁹ Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, FL, USA.
³⁰ School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
³¹ International Development Law Organization, The Hague, Netherlands.
³² Global Obesity Centre, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³³ Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
³⁴ African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³⁵ Diabetes Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³⁶ School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Scientific Institute of Public Health (Sciensano), Brussels, Belgium.
³⁷ Department of Public Health Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³⁸ School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 30700377
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32822-8

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Transforming food systems for better health.
da Silva JG. da Silva JG. Lancet. 2019 Feb 23;393(10173):e30-e31. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33249-5. Epub 2019 Jan 27. Lancet. 2019. PMID: 30700380 No abstract available.
Rethinking systems to reverse the global syndemic.
Nugent R. Nugent R. Lancet. 2019 Feb 23;393(10173):726-728. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33243-4. Epub 2019 Jan 27. Lancet. 2019. PMID: 30700381 No abstract available.
The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
Mendenhall E, Singer M. Mendenhall E, et al. Lancet. 2019 Feb 23;393(10173):741. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30310-1. Epub 2019 Feb 11. Lancet. 2019. PMID: 30765124 No abstract available.
Time for global health diplomacy.
Ariansen AMS, Gloppen S, Rakner L, Johansson KA, Haaland ØA. Ariansen AMS, et al. Lancet. 2020 May 30;395(10238):1691-1692. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30490-6. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32473670 No abstract available.

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