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Elaine M. Murtagh

Researcher at University of Limerick

Publications -  83
Citations -  12299

Elaine M. Murtagh is an academic researcher from University of Limerick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 69 publications receiving 9300 citations. Previous affiliations of Elaine M. Murtagh include Mary Immaculate College & RMIT University.

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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez, +1024 more
- 16 Dec 2017 - 
TL;DR: Trends in mean BMI have recently flattened in northwestern Europe and the high-income English-speaking and Asia-Pacific regions for both sexes, southwestern Europe for boys, and central and Andean Latin America for girls, and by contrast, the rise in BMI has accelerated in east and south Asia forboth sexes, and southeast Asia for boys.
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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

Mariachiara Di Cesare, +741 more
- 02 Apr 2016 - 
TL;DR: The posterior probability of meeting the target of halting by 2025 the rise in obesity at its 2010 levels, if post-2000 trends continue, is calculated.
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A century of trends in adult human height

James Bentham, +790 more
- 26 Jul 2016 - 
TL;DR: The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
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The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that healthy but sedentary individuals who take up a programme of regular brisk walking improves several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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The effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials that examined the effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease underscores the central role of walking in physical activity for health promotion.