One third of adults in Pakistan are overweight or obese, and the gender gap in excess weight is widening, with more women gaining weight than men, according to a new, first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries, published in The Lancet.The study conducted by an international consortium of researchers led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation IHME at the University of Washington shows that rates of adult overweight and obesity have grown globally from 30 per cent in 1980 to 37 per cent in 2013.“These global findings underscore the double burden of malnutrition in Pakistan with high rates of undernutrition among children, and adolescents/young women and rising rates of obesity among adults”, said Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta, Founding Director of the Centre for Excellence in Women and Child Health at Aga Khan University, and one of the study’s co-authors. “Some of these issues may be related to rapid health transitions with changes in lifestyle, dietary patterns and limited physical activity”.
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