NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)*
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eLife, v.: 10:e60060 p.:1 - 35, 2021
Palabras clave:
Underweight
Obesity
Areas de conocimiento:
Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud / Ciencias de la Salud /
Ciencias de la Salud /
epidemiología
Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud / Medicina Clínica /
Urología y Nefrología /
Nefrologia
Medio de divulgación: Internet
Lugar de publicación: Cambridge, UK
E-ISSN: 2050084X
DOI:
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60060 https://elifesciences.org/articles/60060.pdf
Como colaborador a partir de la cohorte GEFA Uruguay a cargo del Dr. Boggia , no como autor del manuscrito final
Group author details
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
Maria LC Iurilli: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Bin Zhou: Imperial College
London, London, United Kingdom; James E Bennett: Imperial College London, London, United
Kingdom; Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Marisa
K Sophiea: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez:
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Honor Bixby: Imperial College London,
London, United Kingdom; Bethlehem D Solomon: Imperial College London, London, United
Kingdom; Cristina Taddei: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Goodarz Danaei:
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States; Mariachiara Di Cesare:
Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom; Gretchen A Stevens: Independent researcher,
Los Angeles, United States; Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Leanne M Riley:
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Stefan Savin: World Health Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland; Melanie J Cowan: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Pascal
Bovet: Ministry of Health, Victoria, Seychelles; University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;
Albertino Damasceno: Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique; Adela ChiritaEmandi: Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania;
Alison J Hayes: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Nayu Ikeda: National Institutes of
Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan; Rod T Jackson: University of
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Young-Ho Khang: Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic
of Korea; Avula Laxmaiah: ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India; Jing Liu:
Capital Medical University Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Beijing, China; J Jaime Miranda:
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Olfa Saidi: University Tunis El Manar, Tunis,
Tunisia; Sylvain Sebert: University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Maroje Soric´: University of Zagreb,
Zagreb, Croatia; Gregor Starc: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Edward W Gregg:
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Leandra Abarca-Go´ mez: Caja Costarricense
de Seguro Social, San Jose´ , Costa Rica; Ziad A Abdeen: Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem,
State of Palestine; Shynar Abdrakhmanova: National Center of Public Healthcare, Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan; Suhaila Abdul Ghaffar: Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Hanan F Abdul
Rahim: Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh: Birzeit University, Birzeit, State of
Palestine; Jamila Abubakar Garba: Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto,
Nigeria; Benjamin Acosta-Cazares: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico;
Robert J Adams: Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Wichai Aekplakorn: Mahidol University,
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Kaosar Afsana: BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka,
Bangladesh; Shoaib Afzal: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Copenhagen
University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Imelda A Agdeppa: Food and Nutrition Research
Institute, Taguig, Philippines; Javad Aghazadeh-Attari: Urmia University of Medical Sciences,
Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran; Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Me´ dicas y
Nutricio´ n, Mexico City, Mexico; Charles Agyemang: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
Netherlands; Mohamad Hasnan Ahmad: Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Noor Ani
Ahmad: Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Ali Ahmadi: Shahrekord University of
Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Islamic Republic of Iran; Naser Ahmadi: Non-Communicable
Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Soheir H Ahmed: University of Oslo,
Oslo, Norway; Wolfgang Ahrens: University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Gulmira Aitmurzaeva:
Republican Center for Health Promotion, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Kamel Ajlouni: National Center
for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics, Amman, Jordan; Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa: Princess
Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Badreya Al-Lahou: Kuwait Institute
for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Rajaa Al-Raddadi: King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Monira Alarouj: Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Fadia
AlBuhairan: Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Shahla AlDhukair: King
Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Mohamed M Ali: World
Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Abdullah Alkandari: Dasman Diabetes Institute,
Kuwait City, Kuwait; Ala?a Alkerwi: Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg;
Kristine Allin: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Mar AlvarezPedrerol: Barcelona Institute for Global Health CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain; Eman Aly: World
Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt; Deepak N
Amarapurkar: Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India; Parisa Amiri:
Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Norbert
Amougou: UMR CNRS-MNHN 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Paris, France; Philippe Amouyel:
University of Lille, France; Lille University Hospital, Lille, France; Lars Bo Andersen: Western
Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway; Sigmund A Anderssen: Norwegian
School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway; Lars A¨ ngquist: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,
Denmark; Ranjit Mohan Anjana: Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India; Alireza
Ansari-Moghaddam: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran;
Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri: National Institute of Public Health, Tunis, Tunisia; Joana Arau´ jo: Institute
of Public Health of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Inger Ariansen: Norwegian Institute
of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Tahir Aris: Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Raphael E
Arku: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, United States; Nimmathota Arlappa: ICMR
- National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India; Krishna K Aryal: Abt Associates, Kathmandu,
Nepal; Thor Aspelund: University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Felix K Assah: University of
Yaounde´ 1, Yaounde´ , Cameroon; Maria Cec?´lia F Assunc¸a?o: Federal University of Pelotas,
Pelotas, Brazil; May Soe Aung: University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar; Juha Auvinen:
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Ma´ria Avdicova´:
Banska Bystrica Regional Authority of Public Health, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia; Shina Avi: TelAviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Ana Azevedo:
University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; Mohsen Azimi-Nezhad: Neyshabur
University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Islamic Republic of Iran; Fereidoun Azizi: Research
Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Mehrdad Azmin: NonCommunicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Bontha V Babu:
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India; Maja Bæksgaard Jørgensen: National
Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark; Azli Baharudin: Ministry of Health, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia; Suhad Bahijri: King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Jennifer L
Baker: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Nagalla Balakrishna:
ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India; Mohamed Bamoshmoosh: University of
Science and Technology, Sana?a, Yemen; Maciej Banach: Medical University of Lodz, Lodz,
Poland; Piotr Bandosz: Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; Jose´ R Banegas:
Universidad Auto´ noma de Madrid CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain; Joanna Baran: University of
Rzeszo´ w, Rzeszo´ w, Poland; Carlo M Barbagallo: University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Alberto
Barcelo´ : Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, United States; Amina Barkat:
Mohammed V University de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco; Aluisio JD Barros: Federal University of
Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Mauro Virg?´lio Gomes Barros: University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil;
Abdul Basit: Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Karachi, Pakistan; Joao Luiz D
Bastos: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Floriano´ polis, Brazil; Iqbal Bata: Dalhousie
University, Halifax, Canada; Anwar M Batieha: Jordan University of Science and Technology,
Irbid, Jordan; Rosangela L Batista: Federal University of Maranha?o, Sa?o Lu?´s, Brazil; Zhamilya
Battakova: National Center of Public Healthcare, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan; Assembekov Batyrbek:
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Louise A Baur: University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia; Robert Beaglehole: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Silvia BelSerrat: University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Antonisamy Belavendra: Christian Medical
College, Vellore, India; Habiba Ben Romdhane: University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Judith
Benedics: Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Vienna,
Austria; Mikhail Benet: Cafam University Foundation, Bogota, Colombia; Ingunn Holden Bergh:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Salim Berkinbayev: Kazakh National Medical
University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia,
Lima, Peru; Gailute Bernotiene: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania;
Helo?´sa Bettiol: University of Sa?o Paulo, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Jorge Bezerra: University of
Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Aroor Bhagyalaxmi: B J Medical College, Ahmedabad, India; Sumit
Bharadwaj: Chirayu Medical College, New Delhi, India; Santosh K Bhargava: Sunder Lal Jain
Hospital, Delhi, India; Zulfiqar A Bhutta: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Aga
Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Hongsheng Bi: Shandong University of Traditional Chinese
Medicine, Jinan, China; Yufang Bi: Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai,
China; Daniel Bia: Universidad de la Repu´ blica, Montevideo, Uruguay; Elyse´ e Claude Bika Lele:
Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies, Yaounde´ , Cameroon; Mukharram M
Bikbov: Ufa Eye Research Institute, Ufa, Russian Federation; Bihungum Bista: Nepal Health
Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal; Dusko J Bjelica: University of Montenegro, Niksic,
Montenegro; Peter Bjerregaard: University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; Espen
Bjertness: University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Marius B Bjertness: University of Oslo, Oslo,
Norway; Cecilia Bjo¨rkelund: University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Katia V Bloch:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Anneke Blokstra: National
Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands; Simona Bo: University
of Turin, Turin, Italy; Martin Bobak: University College London, London, United Kingdom; Lynne
M Boddy: Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Bernhard O Boehm:
Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Heiner Boeing: German
Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany; Jose G Boggia: Universidad de la Repu´ blica,
Montevideo, Uruguay; Elena Bogova: Endocrinology Research Centre, Moscow, Russian
Federation; Carlos P Boissonnet: Centro de Educacio´ n Me´dica e Investigaciones Cl?´nicas, Buenos
Aires, Argentina; Stig E Bojesen: Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark;
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Marialaura Bonaccio: IRCCS Neuromed,
Pozzilli, Italy; Vanina Bongard: Toulouse University School of Medicine, Toulouse, France; Alice
Bonilla-Vargas: Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, San Jose´ , Costa Rica; Matthias Bopp:
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Herman Borghs: University Hospital KU Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium; Lien Braeckevelt: Flemish Agency for Care and Health, Brussels, Belgium;
Lutgart Braeckman: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Marjolijn CE Bragt: FrieslandCampina,
Amersfoort, Netherlands; Imperia Brajkovich: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas,
Venezuela; Francesco Branca: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Juergen
Breckenkamp: Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; Joa?o Breda: World Health Organization
Regional Office for Europe, Moscow, Russian Federation; Hermann Brenner: German Cancer
Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; Lizzy M Brewster: University of Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, Netherlands; Garry R Brian: The Fred Hollows Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand;
Lacramioara Brinduse: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania;
Sinead Brophy: Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom; Graziella Bruno: University of
Turin, Turin, Italy; H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita: National Institute for Public Health and the
Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands; Anna Bugge: University College Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark; Marta Buoncristiano: World Health Organization Regional Office for
Europe, Moscow, Russian Federation; Genc Burazeri: Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania;
Con Burns: Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland; Antonio Cabrera de Leo´ n:
Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; Joseph Cacciottolo: University of Malta, Msida,
Malta; Hui Cai: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States; Tilema Cama: Ministry of Health,
Tongatapu, Tonga; Christine Cameron: Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute,
Ottawa, Canada; Jose´ Camolas: Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal; Gu¨ nay Can: Istanbul
University - Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey; Ana Paula C Ca?ndido: Universidade Federal de Juiz de
Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil; Felicia Can? ete: Ministry of Public Health, Asuncio´ n, Paraguay; Mario V
Capanzana: Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig, Philippines; Nadez?da Capkova´:
National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic; Eduardo Capuano: Gaetano Fucito
Hospital, Mercato San Severino, Italy; Vincenzo Capuano: Gaetano Fucito Hospital, Mercato San
Severino, Italy; Marloes Cardol: University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Viviane C
Cardoso: University of Sa?o Paulo, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Axel C Carlsson: Karolinska Institutet,
Huddinge, Sweden; Esteban Carmuega: Centro de Estudios sobre Nutricio´ n Infantil, Buenos
Aires, Argentina; Joana Carvalho: University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Jose´ A Casaju´ s: University
of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Felipe F Casanueva: Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago
de Compostela, Spain; Ertugrul Celikcan: Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey; Laura Censi:
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy; Marvin Cervantes-Loaiza: Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social, San Jose´ , Costa Rica; Juraci A Cesar: Federal University of Rio
Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil; Snehalatha Chamukuttan: India Diabetes Research Foundation,
Chennai, India; Angelique W Chan: Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore; Queenie
Chan: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Himanshu K Chaturvedi: ICMR -
National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India; Nish Chaturvedi: University College
London, London, United Kingdom; Norsyamlina Che Abdul Rahim: Ministry of Health, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia; Miao Li Chee: Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore; ChienJen Chen: Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Fangfang Chen: Capital Institute of Pediatrics,
Beijing, China; Huashuai Chen: Duke University, Durham, United States; Shuohua Chen: Kailuan
General Hospital, Tangshan, China; Zhengming Chen: University of Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom; Ching-Yu Cheng: Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore; Bahman
Cheraghian: Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran;
Angela Chetrit: The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Ramat Gan,
Israel; Ekaterina Chikova-Iscener: National Centre of Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Arnaud Chiolero: University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; Shu-Ti Chiou: Ministry of Health
and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan; Mar?´a-Dolores Chirlaque: CIBER Epidemiolog?´a y Salud Pu´ blica,
Murcia, Spain; Belong Cho: Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Kaare
Christensen: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Diego G Christofaro:
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Brazil; Jerzy Chudek: Medical University of
Silesia, Katowice, Poland; Renata Cifkova: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Thomayer
Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Michelle Cilia: Primary Health Care, Floriana, Malta; Eliza
Cinteza: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Frank
Claessens: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Janine Clarke: Statistics Canada,
Ottawa, Canada; Els Clays: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Emmanuel Cohen: UMR CNRSMNHN 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Marseille, France; Hans Concin: Agency for Preventive and
Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria; Susana C Confortin: Federal University of Maranha?o, Sa?o Lu?´s,
Brazil; Cyrus Cooper: University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Tara C
Coppinger: Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland; Eva Corpeleijn: University of
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Simona Costanzo: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy;
Dominique Cottel: Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France; Chris Cowell: University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia; Cora L Craig: Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa,
Canada; Amelia C Crampin: Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe,
Malawi; Ana B Crujeiras: CIBEROBN, Madrid, Spain; Sema´nova´ Csilla: University of Debrecen,
Debrecen, Hungary; Alexandra M Cucu: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila,
Bucharest, Romania; Liufu Cui: Kailuan General Hospital, Tangshan, China; Felipe V Cureau:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Ewelina CzenczekLewandowska: University of Rzeszo´ w, Rzeszo´ w, Poland; Graziella D?Arrigo: National Research
Council, Reggio Calabria, Italy; Eleonora d?Orsi: Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Floriano´ polis, Brazil; Liliana Dacica: Eftimie Murgu University Resita, Resita, Romania; Mar?´a
A´ ngeles Dal Re Saavedra: Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain; Jean
Dallongeville: Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France; Camilla T Damsgaard: University of
Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Rachel Dankner: The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology
and Health Policy Research, Ramat Gan, Israel; Thomas M Dantoft: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg
Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Parasmani Dasgupta: Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India;
Saeed Dastgiri: Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of
Iran; Luc Dauchet: University of Lille, Lille, France; Lille University Hospital, Lille, France; Kairat
Davletov: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Guy De Backer: Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium; Dirk De Bacquer: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Giovanni de
Gaetano: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; Stefaan De Henauw: Ghent University, Ghent,
Belgium; Paula Duarte de Oliveira: Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; David De
Ridder: Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Karin De Ridder: Sciensano, Brussels,
Belgium; Susanne R de Rooij: University Medical Centers, Groningen, Netherlands; University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Delphine De Smedt: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
Mohan Deepa: Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India; Alexander D Deev:
National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation; Vincent Jr
DeGennaro: Innovating Health International, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Abbas Dehghan: Imperial
College London, London, United Kingdom; He´ le` ne Delisle: University of Montreal, Montreal,
Canada; Francis Delpeuch: French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development,
Montpellier, France; Stefaan Demarest: Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium; Elaine Dennison:
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Katarzyna Deren´ : University of
Rzeszo´ w, Rzeszo´ w, Poland; Vale´rie Deschamps: French Public Health Agency, St Maurice,
France; Meghnath Dhimal: Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal; Augusto F Di
Castelnuovo: Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy; Juvenal Soares Dias-da-Costa:
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sa?o Leopoldo, Brazil; Mar?´a Elena D?´az-Sa´nchez: National
Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Havana, Cuba; Alejandro Diaz: National
Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Zivka Dika: University of
Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Shirin Djalalinia: Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran; Visnja Djordjic: University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia; Ha TP Do:
National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Annette J Dobson: University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia; Maria Benedetta Donati: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; Chiara
Donfrancesco: Istituto Superiore di Sanita`, Rome, Italy; Silvana P Donoso: Universidad de
Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador; Angela Do¨ring: Helmholtz Zentrum Mu¨ nchen, Munich, Germany;
Maria Dorobantu: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania;
Ahmad Reza Dorosty: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;
Kouamelan Doua: Ministe`re de la Sante´ et de l?Hygie` ne Publique, Abidjan, Co?te d?Ivoire; Nico
Dragano: University Hospital Du¨ sseldorf, Du¨ sseldorf, Germany; Wojciech Drygas: National
Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland; Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; Jia Li Duan:
Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China; Charmaine A Duante: Food
and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig, Philippines; Priscilla Duboz: UMI 3189 ESS, Marseille,
France; Rosemary B Duda: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, United States;
Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States; Vesselka Duleva: National Centre of Public
Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria; Virginija Dulskiene: Lithuanian University of Health
Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Samuel C Dumith: Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande,
Brazil; Anar Dushpanova: Scuola Superiore Sant?Anna, Pisa, Italy; Al-Farabi Kazakh National
University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Vilnis Dzerve: University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia; Elzbieta
Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk: Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; Ricky Eddie: Ministry of
Health and Medical Services, Gizo, Solomon Islands; Ebrahim Eftekhar: Hormozgan University of
Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic of Iran; Eruke E Egbagbe: University of Benin,
Benin City, Nigeria; Robert Eggertsen: University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Sareh
Eghtesad: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Gabriele
Eiben: University of Sko¨ vde, Sko¨ vde, Sweden; Ulf Ekelund: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences,
Oslo, Norway; Mohammad El-Khateeb: National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Genetics, Amman, Jordan; Jalila El Ati: National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology,
Tunis, Tunisia; Denise Eldemire-Shearer: The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica;
Marie Eliasen: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Paul Elliott:
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Reina Engle-Stone: University of California
Davis, Davis, United States; Macia Enguerran: UMI 3189 ESS, Marseille, France; Rajiv T Erasmus:
University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa; Raimund Erbel: University of DuisburgEssen, Duisburg, Germany; Cihangir Erem: Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey;
Louise Eriksen: University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; Johan G Eriksson:
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Jorge Escobedo-de la Pen? a: Instituto Mexicano del
Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Saeid Eslami: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,
Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran; Ali Esmaeili: Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences,
Rafsanjan, Islamic Republic of Iran; Alun Evans: Queen?s University of Belfast, Belfast, United
Kingdom; David Faeh: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Albina A Fakhretdinova: Ufa Eye
Research Institute, Ufa, Russian Federation; Caroline H Fall: University of Southampton,
Southampton, United Kingdom; Elnaz Faramarzi: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz,
Islamic Republic of Iran; Mojtaba Farjam: Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Islamic
Republic of Iran; Victoria Farrugia Sant?Angelo: Primary Health Care, Floriana, Malta; Farshad
Farzadfar: Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;
Mohammad Reza Fattahi: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran;
Asher Fawwad: Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan; Francisco J Felix-Redondo: Centro
de Salud Villanueva Norte, Badajoz, Spain; Trevor S Ferguson: The University of the West Indies,
Kingston, Jamaica; Romulo A Fernandes: Universidade Estadual Paulista, Presidente Prudente,
Brazil; Daniel Ferna´ndez-Berge´ s: Hospital Don Benito-Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain;
Daniel Ferrante: Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Thomas Ferrao: Statistics Canada,
Ottawa, Canada; Marika Ferrari: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy;
Marco M Ferrario: University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Catterina Ferreccio: Pontificia Universidad
Cato´ lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Eldridge Ferrer: Food and Nutrition Research Institute,
Taguig, Philippines; Jean Ferrieres: Toulouse University School of Medicine, Toulouse, France;
Thamara Hubler Figueiro´ : Federal University of Santa Catarina, Floriano´ polis, Brazil; Anna
Fijalkowska: Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland; Gu¨ nther Fink: Swiss Tropical and
Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Krista Fischer:
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Leng Huat Foo: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia;
Maria Forsner: Umea? University, Umea?, Sweden; Heba M Fouad: World Health Organization
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt; Damian K Francis: The University of
the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; Maria do Carmo Franco: Federal University of Sa?o Paulo,
Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Ruth Frikke-Schmidt: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Guillermo Frontera: Hospital
Universitario Son Espases, Palma, Spain; Flavio D Fuchs: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre,
Porto Alegre, Brazil; Sandra C Fuchs: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,
Brazil; Isti I Fujiati: Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia; Yuki Fujita: Kindai University,
Osaka-Sayama, Japan; Matsuda Fumihiko: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Takuro Furusawa:
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Zbigniew Gaciong: Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw,
Poland; Mihai Gafencu: Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timisoara,
Romania; Andrzej Galbarczyk: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krako´ w, Poland; Henrike
Galenkamp: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Daniela Galeone: Ministero
della Salute DG Prevenzione Sanitaria, Rome, Italy; Myriam Galfo: Council for Agricultural
Research and Economics, Rome, Italy; Fabio Galvano: University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Jingli
Gao: Kailuan General Hospital, Tangshan, China; Manoli Garcia-de-la-Hera: CIBER en
Epidemiolog?´a y Salud Pu´ blica, Alicante, Spain; Marta Garc?´a-Solano: Spanish Agency for Food
Safety and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain; Dickman Gareta: Africa Health Research Institute,
Mtubatuba, South Africa; Sarah P Garnett: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Jean-Michel
Gaspoz: Geneva University Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland; Magda Gasull: CIBER en
Epidemiolog?´a y Salud Pu´ blica, Barcelona, Spain; Adroaldo Cesar Araujo Gaya: Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Anelise Reis Gaya: Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Andrea Gazzinelli: Universidade Federal de Minas
Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Ulrike Gehring: Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; Harald
Geiger: Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria; Johanna M Geleijnse:
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; Ali Ghanbari: Non-Communicable Diseases
Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Erfan Ghasemi: Non-Communicable Diseases
Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Oana-Florentina Gheorghe-Fronea: Carol
Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Simona Giampaoli: Istituto
Superiore di Sanita`, Rome, Italy; Francesco Gianfagna: University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;
Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy; Tiffany K Gill: University of Adelaide, Adelaide,
Australia; Jonathan Giovannelli: University of Lille, Lille, France; Lille University Hospital, Lille,
France; Glen Gironella: Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig, Philippines; Aleksander
Giwercman: Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Konstantinos Gkiouras: Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Justyna Godos: University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Sibel
Gogen: Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey; Marcel Goldberg: Institut National de la Sante´ et de
la Recherche Me´ dicale, Villejuif, France; Paris University, Paris, France; Rebecca A Goldsmith:
Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel; David Goltzman: McGill University, Montreal, Canada;
Santiago F Go´ mez: Gasol Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; University of Lleida, Sant Boi de
Llobregat, Spain; Aleksandra Gomula: PASs Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental
Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland; Bruna Goncalves Cordeiro da Silva: Federal University of Pelotas,
Pelotas, Brazil; Helen Gonc¸alves: Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; David A
Gonzalez-Chica: University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Marcela Gonzalez-Gross:
Universidad Polite´ cnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Margot Gonza´ lez-Leon: Instituto Mexicano
del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Juan P Gonza´ lez-Rivas: St Anne?s University Hospital,
Brno, Czech Republic; Clicerio Gonza´ lez-Villalpando: National Institute of Public Health,
Cuernavaca, Mexico; Mar?´a-Elena Gonza´ lez-Villalpando: Centro de Estudios en Diabetes A.C.,
Mexico City, Mexico; Angel R Gonzalez: Universidad Auto´ noma de Santo Domingo, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic; Frederic Gottrand: University of Lille, Lille, France; Antonio
Pedro Grac¸a: Ministry of Health, Lisbon, Portugal; Sidsel Graff-Iversen: Norwegian Institute of
Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Dus?an Grafnetter: Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
Prague, Czech Republic; Aneta Grajda: Children?s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland;
Maria G Grammatikopoulou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Ronald D
Gregor: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Tomasz Grodzicki: Jagiellonian University Medical
College, Krako´ w, Poland; Else Karin Grøholt: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo,
Norway; Anders Grøntved: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Giuseppe
Grosso: University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Gabriella Gruden: University of Turin, Turin, Italy;
Dongfeng Gu: National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China; Emanuela GualdiRusso: University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Pilar Guallar-Castillo´ n: Universidad Auto´ noma de
Madrid CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain; Andrea Gualtieri: Authority Sanitaria San Marino, San Marino,
San Marino; Elias F Gudmundsson: Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland; Vilmundur
Gudnason: University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Ramiro Guerrero: Universidad Icesi, Cali,
Colombia; Idris Guessous: Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Andre L
Guimaraes: State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil; Martin C Gulliford: King?s
College London, London, United Kingdom; Johanna Gunnlaugsdottir: Icelandic Heart
Association, Kopavogur, Iceland; Marc J Gunter: International Agency for Research on Cancer,
Lyon, France; Xiu-Hua Guo: Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Yin Guo: Capital Medical
University Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China; Prakash C Gupta: Healis-Sekhsaria Institute
for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India; Rajeev Gupta: Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research
Institute, Jaipur, India; Oye Gureje: University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Beata Gurzkowska:
Children?s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland; Enrique Gutie´rrez-Gonza´ lez: Spanish
Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain; Laura Gutierrez: Institute for Clinical
Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Felix Gutzwiller: University of Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland; Seongjun Ha: National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, Republic of Korea;
Farzad Hadaegh: Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic
of Iran; Charalambos A Hadjigeorgiou: Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Nicosia,
Cyprus; Rosa Haghshenas: Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic
Republic of Iran; Hamid Hakimi: Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Islamic
Republic of Iran; Jytte Halkjær: Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Ian R Hambleton: The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados; Behrooz Hamzeh:
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran; Dominique
Hange: University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Abu AM Hanif: BRAC James P Grant
School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Sari Hantunen: University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio, Finland; Jie Hao: Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing, China; Rachakulla Hari
Kumar: ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India; Seyed Mohammad HashemiShahri: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran; Maria
Hassapidou: International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece; Jun Hata: Kyushu University,
Fukuoka, Japan; Teresa Haugsgjerd: University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Jiang He: Tulane
University, New Orleans, United States; Yuan He: National Research Institute for Health and
Family Planning, Beijing, China; Yuna He: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
Beijing, China; Regina Heidinger-Felso: University of Pe´ cs, Pe´ cs, Hungary; Mirjam Heinen:
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Tatjana Hejgaard: Danish Health Authority,
Copenhagen, Denmark; Marleen Elisabeth Hendriks: Joep Lange Institute, Amsterdam,
Netherlands; Rafael dos Santos Henrique: Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Ana
Henriques: Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Leticia
Hernandez Cadena: National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico; Sauli Herrala: Oulu
University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Victor M Herrera: Universidad Auto´ noma de Bucaramanga,
Bucaramanga, Colombia; Isabelle Herter-Aeberli: ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Ramin
Heshmat: Chronic Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Allan G Hill:
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Sai Yin Ho: University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, China; Suzanne C Ho: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
China; Michael Hobbs: University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Michelle Holdsworth:
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France; Reza
Homayounfar: Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Islamic Republic of Iran; Clara Homs:
Gasol Foundation, Spain; University Ramon Llull, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain; Wilma M
Hopman: Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Canada; Andrea RVR Horimoto: University
of Sa?o Paulo, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Claudia M Hormiga: Fundacio´ n Oftalmolo´ gica de Santander,
Bucaramanga, Colombia; Bernardo L Horta: Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Leila
Houti: University Oran 1, Oran, Algeria; Christina Howitt: The University of the West Indies, Cave
Hill, Barbados; Thein Thein Htay: Independent Public Health Specialist, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar;
Aung Soe Htet: Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar; Maung Maung Than
Htike: Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar; Yonghua Hu: Peking University,
Beijing, China; Jose´ Mar?´a Huerta: CIBER en Epidemiolog?´a y Salud Pu´ blica, Murcia, Spain; Ilpo
Tapani Huhtaniemi: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Laetitia Huiart:
Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Constanta Huidumac Petrescu:
National Institute of Public Health, Bucharest, Romania; Martijn Huisman: VU University Medical
Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Abdullatif Husseini: Birzeit University, Birzeit, State of
Palestine; Chinh Nguyen Huu: National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Inge Huybrechts:
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France; Nahla Hwalla: American University of
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Jolanda Hyska: Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania; Licia
Iacoviello: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Jesu´ s M
Ibarluzea: CIBER en Epidemiolog?´a y Salud Pu´ blica, San Sebastian, Spain; Mohsen M Ibrahim:
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Norazizah Ibrahim Wong: Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia; M Arfan Ikram: Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Violeta
Iotova: Medical University Varna, Varna, Bulgaria; Vilma E Irazola: Institute for Clinical
Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Takafumi Ishida: The University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Muhammad Islam: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Sheikh
Mohammed Shariful Islam: Deakin University, Geelong, Australia; Masanori Iwasaki: Tokyo
Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan; Jeremy M Jacobs: Hadassah University
Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Hashem Y Jaddou: Jordan University of Science and
Technology, Irbid, Jordan; Tazeen Jafar: Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore;
Kenneth James: The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; Kazi M Jamil: Kuwait
Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait; Konrad Jamrozik: University of Adelaide,
Adelaide, Australia; Imre Janszky: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim,
Norway; Edward Janus: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Juel Jarani: Sports
University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania; Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin: Imperial College London, London,
United Kingdom; University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Grazyna Jasienska: Jagiellonian University
Medical College, Krako´ w, Poland; Ana Jelakovic: University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb,
Croatia; Bojan Jelakovic: University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Garry
Jennings: Heart Foundation, Melbourne, Australia; Anjani Kumar Jha: Nepal Health Research
Council, Kathmandu, Nepal; Chao Qiang Jiang: Guangzhou 12th Hospital, Guangzhou, China;
Ramon O Jimenez: Universidad Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;
Karl-Heinz Jo¨ ckel: University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany; Michel Joffres: Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada; Mattias Johansson: International Agency for Research on
Cancer, Lyon, France; Jari J Jokelainen: Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Jost B Jonas:
Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Jitendra
Jonnagaddala: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Torben Jørgensen: Bispebjerg
and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Pradeep Joshi: World Health Organization
Country Office, Delhi, India; Farahnaz Joukar: Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht,
Islamic Republic of Iran; Dragana P Jovic: Institute of Public Health, Belgrade, Serbia; Jacek J
Jo´ z´wiak: University of Opole, Opole, Poland; Anne Juolevi: Finnish Institute for Health and
Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Gregor Jurak: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Iulia Jurca
Simina: Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania; Vesna
Juresa: University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Rudolf Kaaks: German Cancer Research Center,
Heidelberg, Germany; Felix O Kaducu: Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda; Anthony Kafatos:
University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Eero O Kajantie: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare,
Helsinki, Finland; Zhanna Kalmatayeva: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty,
Kazakhstan; Ofra Kalter-Leibovici: The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy
Research, Ramat Gan, Israel; Yves Kameli: French National Research Institute for Sustainable
Development, Montpellier, France; Freja B Kampmann: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital,
Copenhagen, Denmark; Kodanda R Kanala: Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India;
Srinivasan Kannan: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,
Trivandrum, India; Efthymios Kapantais: Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, Athens,
Greece; Argyro Karakosta: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Line
L Ka?rhus: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Khem B Karki:
Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal; Marzieh Katibeh: Aarhus University, Aarhus,
Denmark; Joanne Katz: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, United
States; Peter T Katzmarzyk: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United
States; Jussi Kauhanen: University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Prabhdeep Kaur: National
Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India; Maryam Kavousi: Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam,
Rotterdam, Netherlands; Gyulli M Kazakbaeva: Ufa Eye Research Institute, Ufa, Russian
Federation; Ulrich Keil: University of Mu¨ nster, Mu¨ nster, Germany; Lital Keinan Boker: Israel
Center for Disease Control, Ramat Gan, Israel; Sirkka Keina¨nen-Kiukaanniemi: Oulu University
Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Roya Kelishadi: Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Noncommunicable Disease, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran; Cecily Kelleher: University College
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Han CG Kemper: Amsterdam UMC Public Health Research Institute,
Amsterdam, Netherlands; Andre P Kengne: South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town,
South Africa; Maryam Keramati: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Islamic
Republic of Iran; Alina Kerimkulova: Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan;
Mathilde Kersting: Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund, Germany; Timothy Key:
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Yousef Saleh Khader: Jordan University of
Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; Davood Khalili: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Kay-Tee Khaw: University of Cambridge, Cambridge,
United Kingdom; Bahareh Kheiri: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic
Republic of Iran; Motahareh Kheradmand: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari,
Islamic Republic of Iran; Alireza Khosravi: Hypertension Research Center, Isfahan, Islamic
Republic of Iran; Ilse MSL Khouw: FrieslandCampina, Amersfoort, Netherlands; Ursula KiechlKohlendorfer: Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Stefan Kiechl: Medical
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; VASCage, Innsbruck, Austria; Japhet Killewo:
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania;
Dong Wook Kim: National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, Republic of Korea; Hyeon Chang
Kim: Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Jeongseon Kim: National
Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea; Jenny M Kindblom: University of Gothenburg,
Gothenburg, Sweden; Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Heidi Klakk:
University College South Denmark, Haderslev, Denmark; Magdalena Klimek: Jagiellonian
University Medical College, Krako´ w, Poland; Jeannette Klimont: Statistics Austria, Vienna,
Austria; Jurate Klumbiene: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Michael
Knoflach: Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Bhawesh Koirala: B P Koirala
Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal; Elin Kolle: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences,
Oslo, Norway; Patrick Kolsteren: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Ju¨ rgen Ko¨ nig: University of
Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Raija Korpelainen: University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Oulu Deaconess
Institute Foundation, Oulu, Finland; Paul Korrovits: Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia;
Magdalena Korzycka: Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland; Jelena Kos: University
Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Seppo Koskinen: Finnish Institute for Health and
Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Katsuyasu Kouda: Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan; Viktoria
A Kovacs: Hungarian School Sport Federation, Budapest, Hungary; Sudhir Kowlessur: Ministry of
Health and Quality of Life, Port Louis, Mauritius; Slawomir Koziel: PASs Hirszfeld Institute of
Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland; Jana Kratenova: National Institute of
Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic; Wolfgang Kratzer: University Hospital Ulm, Ulm,
Germany; Susi Kriemler: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Peter Lund Kristensen:
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Steiner Krokstad: Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Daan Kromhout: University of Groningen,
Groningen, Netherlands; Herculina S Kruger: North-West University, Potchefstroom, South
Africa; Ruzena Kubinova: National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic; Renata
Kuciene: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Urho M Kujala: University
of Jyva¨ skyla¨, Jyva¨ skyla¨, Finland; Enisa Kujundzic: Institute of Public Health, Podgorica,
Montenegro; Zbigniew Kulaga: Children?s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland; R Krishna
Kumar: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India; Marie Kunes?ova´: Institute of
Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic; Pawel Kurjata: National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw,
Poland; Yadlapalli S Kusuma: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Kari
Kuulasmaa: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Catherine Kyobutungi:
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya; Quang Ngoc La: Hanoi
University of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Fatima Zahra Laamiri: Hassan First University of
Settat, Settat, Morocco; Tiina Laatikainen: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki,
Finland; Carl Lachat: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Youcef Laid: Ministry of Health, Algiers,
Algeria; Tai Hing Lam: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Christina-Paulina Lambrinou:
Harokopio University, Athens, Greece; Edwige Landais: French National Research Institute for
Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France; Vera Lanska: Institute for Clinical and
Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic; Georg Lappas: Sahlgrenska Academy,
Gothenburg, Sweden; Bagher Larijani: Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran; Tint Swe Latt: University of Public Health, Yangon, Myanmar; Laura
Lauria: Istituto Superiore di Sanita`, Rome, Italy; Maria Lazo-Porras: Universidad Peruana
Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Gwenae¨ lle Le Coroller: Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen,
Luxembourg; Khanh Le Nguyen Bao: National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Agne` s Le
Port: International Food Policy Research Institute, Dakar, Senegal; Tuyen D Le: National Institute
of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Jeannette Lee: National University of Singapore, Singapore,
Singapore; Jeonghee Lee: National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea; Paul H Lee:
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; Nils Lehmann: University of DuisburgEssen, Duisburg, Germany; Terho Lehtima¨ki: Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland;
Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; Daniel Lemogoum: University of Douala, Douala,
Cameroon; Naomi S Levitt: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Yanping Li:
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States; Merike Liivak: National
Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia; Christa L Lilly: West Virginia University,
Morgantown, United States; Wei-Yen Lim: National University of Singapore, Singapore,
Singapore; M Fernanda Lima-Costa: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Rene Rachou Research Institute,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Hsien-Ho Lin: National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Xu Lin:
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; Yi-Ting Lin: Uppsala University,
Uppsala, Sweden; Lars Lind: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Allan Linneberg: Bispebjerg
and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lauren Lissner: University of Gothenburg,
Gothenburg, Sweden; Mieczyslaw Litwin: Children?s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland;
Lijuan Liu: Capital Medical University Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China; Wei-Cheng Lo:
Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Helle-Mai Loit: National Institute for Health
Development, Tallinn, Estonia; Khuong Quynh Long: Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi,
Viet Nam; Luis Lopes: University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Oscar Lopes: Sports Medical Center
of Minho, Braga, Portugal; Esther Lopez-Garcia: Universidad Auto´ noma de Madrid CIBERESP,
Madrid, Spain; Tania Lopez: Universidad San Mart?´n de Porres, Lima, Peru; Paulo A Lotufo:
University of Sa?o Paulo, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Jose´ Eugenio Lozano: Consejer?´a de Sanidad Junta de
Castilla y Leo´ n, Valladolid, Spain; Janice L Lukrafka: Universidade Federal de Cie? ncias da Sau´ de
de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Dalia Luksiene: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences,
Kaunas, Lithuania; Annamari Lundqvist: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki,
Finland; Robert Lundqvist: Norrbotten County Council, Lulea?, Sweden; Nuno Lunet: University of
Porto, Porto, Portugal; Charles Lunogelo: Ilembula Lutheran Hospital, Ilembula, United Republic
of Tanzania; Michala Lustigova´: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; National Institute of
Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic; Edyta ?uszczki: University of Rzeszo´ w, Rzeszo´ w, Poland;
Guansheng Ma: Peking University, Beijing, China; Jun Ma: Peking University, Beijing, China; Xu
Ma: National Research Institute for Health and Family Planning, Beijing, China; George LL
Machado-Coelho: Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil; Aristides M MachadoRodrigues: University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Luisa M Macieira: Coimbra University
Hospital Center, Coimbra, Portugal; Ahmed A Madar: University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Stefania
Maggi: Institute of Neuroscience of the National Research Council, Padua, Italy; Dianna J
Magliano: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Sara Magnacca:
Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy; Emmanuella Magriplis: Agricultural University of
Athens, Athens, Greece; Gowri Mahasampath: Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Bernard
Maire: French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France;
Marjeta Majer: University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Marcia Makdisse: Hospital Israelita Albert
Einstein, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Pa¨ ivi Ma¨ki: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland;
Fatemeh Malekzadeh: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;
Reza Malekzadeh: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Rahul
Malhotra: Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore; Kodavanti Mallikharjuna Rao: ICMR
- National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India; Sofia K Malyutina: SB RAS Federal Research
Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Lynell V Maniego:
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig, Philippines; Yannis Manios: Harokopio University,
Athens, Greece; Jim I Mann: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Fariborz MansourGhanaei: Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Islamic Republic of Iran; Enzo Manzato:
University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Paula Margozzini: Pontificia Universidad Cato´ lica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile; Anastasia Markaki: Hellenic Mediterranean University, Siteia, Greece; Oonagh
Markey: Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; Eliza Markidou Ioannidou:
Ministry of Health, Nicosia, Cyprus; Pedro Marques-Vidal: Lausanne University Hospital,
Lausanne, Switzerland; Larissa Pruner Marques: Escola Nacional de Sau´ de Pu´ blica Sergio Arouca,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jaume Marrugat: CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain; Institut Hospital del Mar
d?Investigacions Me` diques, Barcelona, Spain; Yves Martin-Prevel: French National Research
Institute for Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France; Rosemarie Martin: Mary Immaculate
College, Limerick, Ireland; Reynaldo Martorell: Emory University, Atlanta, United States; Eva
Martos: Hungarian Society of Sports Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; Katharina Maruszczak:
Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; Stefano Marventano: University of Catania,
Catania, Italy; Luis P Mascarenhas: Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Guarapuava, Brazil;
Shariq R Masoodi: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India; Ellisiv B
Mathiesen: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Prashant Mathur: ICMR -
National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru, India; Alicia Matijasevich:
University of Sa?o Paulo, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil; Tandi E Matsha: Cape Peninsula University of
Technology, Cape Town, South Africa; Christina Mavrogianni: Harokopio University, Athens,
Greece; Artur Mazur: University of Rzeszo´ w, Rzeszo´ w, Poland; Jean Claude N Mbanya:
University of Yaounde´ 1, Yaounde´ , Cameroon; Shelly R McFarlane: The University of the West
Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; Stephen T McGarvey: Brown University, Providence, United States;
Martin McKee: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Stela
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