Tag: obesity

  • MRC LEC researcher contributes to landmark report on global burden of obesity

    MRC LEC researcher contributes to landmark report on global burden of obesity

    Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor of Rheumatology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, has co-authored a landmark report documenting the current global burden of obesity. The Lancet: More than one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, global analysis suggests The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living…

  • The WHO European Obesity Report 2022

    The WHO European Obesity Report 2022

    Dr Christina Vogel and Prof Cyrus Cooper from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre are authors of chapter 2 in the new WHO European Region Obesity Report 2022 which was published on 3rd May. The report shows that none of the 53 Member States of the Region are on track to meet the WHO Global Noncommunicable…