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Barry M. Popkin
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 764
Citations - 99533
Barry M. Popkin is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 157, co-authored 751 publications receiving 90453 citations. Previous affiliations of Barry M. Popkin include University of São Paulo & Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries
TL;DR: Rapid increases in the rates of obesity and overweight are widely documented, from urban and rural areas in the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to populations in countries with higher income levels.
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Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity.
TL;DR: The increase in consumption of HFCS has a temporal relation to the epidemic of obesity, and the overconsumption of H FCS in calorically sweetened beverages may play a role in the epidemic.
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Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity
TL;DR: Assessment of the geographic and social distribution of PA facilities and how disparity in access might underlie population-level PA and overweight patterns in US adolescents found inequality in availability ofPA facilities may contribute to ethnic and SES disparities in PA and obese patterns.
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: A meta-analysis
Vasanti S. Malik,Barry M. Popkin,George A. Bray,Jean-Pierre Després,Walter C. Willett,Frank B. Hu +5 more
TL;DR: Data from 11 studies comparing SSB intake in the highest to lowest quantiles in relation to risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes provide empirical evidence that intake of SSBs should be limited to reduce obesity-related risk of chronic metabolic diseases.
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The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants
TL;DR: This work provides a sense of change both in the United States, Europe, and the lower- and middle-income countries of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as the burden of obesity is shifting towards the poor.