About NCD-RisC
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) is a network of health scientists around the world that provides rigorous and timely data on major risk factors for non-communicable diseases for all of the world’s countries.
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- 2026 Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations. Nature
- 2024 Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants. Lancet
- 2024 General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants. Lancet
- 2024 Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet
NCD-RisC in the News
- May 14, 2026 Le Monde - Obesity surges in low-income countries, stabilizes in wealthier nations
- May 13, 2026 The Guardian - Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds
- May 13, 2026 El País - 'Obesity epidemic' splits the world in two: Slowing in rich countries, surging in poorer ones
- May 13, 2026 STAT - The 'velocity of obesity' aims to show which nations are slowing an epidemic