Forecasting the prevalence of overweight and obesity in India to 2040

Shammi Luhar; Ian M. Timæus; Rebecca Jones; Solveig Cunningham; Shivani A. Patel; Sanjay Kinra; Lynda Clarke; Rein Houben

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229438

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Forecasting the prevalence of overweight and obesity in India to 2040

Shammi Luhar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sl989@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-3142

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Ian M. Timæus,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Rebecca Jones,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-5785

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Solveig Cunningham,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2354-1526

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Shivani A. Patel,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Sanjay Kinra,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom
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Lynda Clarke,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom
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Rein Houben

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom
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Forecasting the prevalence of overweight and obesity in India to 2040

Shammi Luhar,
Ian M. Timæus,
Rebecca Jones,
Solveig Cunningham,
Shivani A. Patel,
Sanjay Kinra,
Lynda Clarke,
Rein Houben

Published: February 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229438

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