Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
Changes in the prevalence of underweight, total obesity, and severe obesity are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of body mass index.
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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

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

Albertino Damasceno, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique

Adela Chirita-Emandi, 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 Sorić, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Gregor Starc, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Edward W Gregg, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Leandra Abarca-Gómez, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, San José, 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

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 Médicas y Nutrición, 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 Alvarez-Pedrerol, 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

Lars Bo Andersen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

Sigmund A Anderssen, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Lars Ängquist, 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 Araújo, 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 Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Maria Cecília F Assunção, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

May Soe Aung, University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar

Juha Auvinen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Mária Avdicová, Banska Bystrica Regional Authority of Public Health, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Shina Avi, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 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, Non-Communicable 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

José R Banegas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain

Joanna Baran, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Carlo M Barbagallo, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Alberto Barceló, 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 Virgílio 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, Florianópolis, Brazil

Iqbal Bata, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Anwar M Batieha, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Rosangela L Batista, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, 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 Bel-Serrat, 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

Heloísa Bettiol, University of São Paulo, São 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

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 República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Elysée Claude Bika Lele, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies, Yaoundé, 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 Björkelund, 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 República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Elena Bogova, Endocrinology Research Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation

Carlos P Boissonnet, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Stig E Bojesen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 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 José, 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

João 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 León, 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

José Camolas, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

Günay Can, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey

Ana Paula C Cândido, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Felicia Cañete, Ministry of Public Health, Asunción, Paraguay

Mario V Capanzana, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig, Philippines

Nadežda Capková, 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 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Axel C Carlsson, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Esteban Carmuega, Centro de Estudios sobre Nutrición Infantil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Joana Carvalho, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

José A Casajús, 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 José, 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

Chien-Jen 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

María-Dolores Chirlaque, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, 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

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 CNRS-MNHN 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Marseille, France

Hans Concin, Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria

Susana C Confortin, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, 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

Semánová 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 Czenczek-Lewandowska, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Graziella D'Arrigo, National Research Council, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Eleonora d'Orsi, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Liliana Dacica, Eftimie Murgu University Resita, Resita, Romania

María Ángeles 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

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

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

Hélène 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 Dereń, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Valérie 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, São Leopoldo, Brazil

María Elena Díaz-Sánchez, 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 Sanità, Rome, Italy

Silvana P Donoso, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Angela Döring, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 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, Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Nico Dragano, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Wojciech Drygas, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, 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

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

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 Skövde, Skövde, 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 Duisburg-Essen, 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 Peña, 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 Fernández-Bergés, 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 Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Eldridge Ferrer, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig, Philippines

Jean Ferrieres, Toulouse University School of Medicine, Toulouse, France

Thamara Hubler Figueiró, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Anna Fijalkowska, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland

Günther Fink, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Krista Fischer, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Leng Huat Foo, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia

Maria Forsner, Umeå University, Umeå, 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 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, University of Copenhagen, 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, Kraków, 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 Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Alicante, Spain

Marta García-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 Epidemiología y Salud Pública, 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 Sanità, Rome, Italy

Francesco Gianfagna, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Tiffany K Gill, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Jonathan Giovannelli, University of Lille, 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 Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Villejuif, France

Rebecca A Goldsmith, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

David Goltzman, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Santiago F Gómez, Gasol Foundation, Barcelona, 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 Gonçalves, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

David A Gonzalez-Chica, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Marcela Gonzalez-Gross, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Margot González-Leon, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico

Juan P González-Rivas, St Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

Clicerio González-Villalpando, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

María-Elena González-Villalpando, Centro de Estudios en Diabetes A.C., Mexico City, Mexico

Angel R Gonzalez, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Frederic Gottrand, University of Lille, Lille, France

Antonio Pedro Graça, Ministry of Health, Lisbon, Portugal

Sidsel Graff-Iversen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Dušan 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, Kraków, 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 Gualdi-Russo, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Universidad Autónoma 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 Gutiérrez-González, 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 Hashemi-Shahri, 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 Pécs, Pécs, 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 Autónoma 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

Wilma M Hopman, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Canada

Andrea RVR Horimoto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Claudia M Hormiga, Fundación Oftalmológica 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

José María Huerta, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, 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

Jesús M Ibarluzea, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, 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

Grazyna Jasienska, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, 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 Jöckel, 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 Jóźwiak, 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 Kårhus, 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 Münster, Münster, Germany

Lital Keinan Boker, Israel Center for Disease Control, Ramat Gan, Israel

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Roya Kelishadi, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable 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 Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Stefan Kiechl, Medical University of Innsbruck, 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

Heidi Klakk, University College South Denmark, Haderslev, Denmark

Magdalena Klimek, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, 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

Jürgen König, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Raija Korpelainen, University of Oulu, 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

Steinar 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 Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, 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 Kunešová, 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 Sanità, Rome, Italy

Maria Lazo-Porras, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Gwenaëlle Le Coroller, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg

Khanh Le Nguyen Bao, National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Agnès 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 Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

Terho Lehtimäki, Tampere University Hospital, 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 Autónoma de Madrid CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain

Tania Lopez, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru

Paulo A Lotufo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

José Eugenio Lozano, Consejería de Sanidad Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain

Janice L Lukrafka, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde 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, Luleå, Sweden

Nuno Lunet, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Charles Lunogelo, Ilembula Lutheran Hospital, Ilembula, United Republic of Tanzania

Michala Lustigová, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Edyta Łuszczki, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, 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 Machado-Rodrigues, 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, São Paulo, Brazil

Päivi Mäki, 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 Mansour-Ghanaei, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Islamic Republic of Iran

Enzo Manzato, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Paula Margozzini, Pontificia Universidad Católica 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 Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jaume Marrugat, CIBERCV, Madrid, 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 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Tandi E Matsha, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

Christina Mavrogianni, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece

Artur Mazur, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Jean Claude N Mbanya, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, 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 McLachlan, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rachael M McLean, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Scott B McLean, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Breige A McNulty, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Sounnia Mediene Benchekor, University Oran 1, Oran, Algeria

Jurate Medzioniene, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Parinaz Mehdipour, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Kirsten Mehlig, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Aline Meirhaeghe, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France

Jørgen Meisfjord, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Christa Meisinger, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany

Ana Maria B Menezes, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Geetha R Menon, ICMR - National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India

Gert BM Mensink, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Maria Teresa Menzano, Ministero della Salute DG Prevenzione Sanitaria, Rome, Italy

Alibek Mereke, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Indrapal I Meshram, ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

Andres Metspalu, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Haakon E Meyer, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Jie Mi, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

Kim F Michaelsen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nathalie Michels, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Kairit Mikkel, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Karolina Milkowska, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Jody C Miller, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Cláudia S Minderico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

GK Mini, Women’s Social and Health Studies Foundation, Trivandrum, India

Juan Francisco Miquel, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Mohammad Reza Mirjalili, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Daphne Mirkopoulou, Democritus University, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Erkin Mirrakhimov, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Marjeta Mišigoj-Durakovic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Antonio Mistretta, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Veronica Mocanu, Grigore T Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania

Pietro A Modesti, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Bahram Mohajer, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Mostafa K Mohamed, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Shukri F Mohamed, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Kazem Mohammad, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Zahra Mohammadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Noushin Mohammadifard, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran

Viswanathan Mohan, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Salim Mohanna, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Iraj Mohebbi, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran

Farnam Mohebi, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Marie Moitry, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Drude Molbo, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Line T Møllehave, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels C Møller, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Dénes Molnár, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Amirabbas Momenan, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Charles K Mondo, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Michele Monroy-Valle, University of San Carlos of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Eric Monterrubio-Flores, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Kotsedi Daniel K Monyeki, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa

Jin Soo Moon, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Mahmood Moosazadeh, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Islamic Republic of Iran

Leila B Moreira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Alain Morejon, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Luis A Moreno, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Karen Morgan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Suzanne N Morin, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Erik Lykke Mortensen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

George Moschonis, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Malgorzata Mossakowska, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland

Aya Mostafa, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Anabela Mota-Pinto, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Jorge Mota, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Mohammad Esmaeel Motlagh, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Jorge Motta, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama

Marcos André Moura-dos-Santos, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Malay K Mridha, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kelias P Msyamboza, World Health Organization Country Office, Lilongwe, Malawi

Thet Thet Mu, Department of Public Health, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Magdalena Muc, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Boban Mugoša, Institute of Public Health, Podgorica, Montenegro

Maria L Muiesan, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Parvina Mukhtorova, Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany

Neil Murphy, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Jaakko Mursu, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Elaine M Murtagh, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Kamarul Imran Musa, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia

Sanja Music Milanovic, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia

Vera Musil, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Norlaila Mustafa, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Iraj Nabipour, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Islamic Republic of Iran

Shohreh Naderimagham, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Gabriele Nagel, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Balkish M Naidu, Department of Statistics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Farid Najafi, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran

Harunobu Nakamura, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Jana Námešná, Banska Bystrica Regional Authority of Public Health, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Ei Ei K Nang, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Vinay B Nangia, Suraj Eye Institute, Nagpur, India

Martin Nankap, UNICEF, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Sameer Narake, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India

Paola Nardone, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Matthias Nauck, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

William A Neal, West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States

Azim Nejatizadeh, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic of Iran

Chandini Nekkantti, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Keiu Nelis, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

Liis Nelis, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

Ilona Nenko, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Martin Neovius, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Flavio Nervi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Chung T Nguyen, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Nguyen D Nguyen, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Ramfis E Nieto-Martínez, LifeDoc Health, Memphis, United States

Yury P Nikitin, SB RAS Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Guang Ning, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Toshiharu Ninomiya, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Sania Nishtar, Heartfile, Islamabad, Pakistan

Marianna Noale, Institute of Neuroscience of the National Research Council, Padua, Italy

Oscar A Noboa, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Helena Nogueira, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Teresa Norat, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Maria Nordendahl, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Børge G Nordestgaard, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Davide Noto, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska, PASs Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland

Mohannad Al Nsour, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, Amman, Jordan

Irfan Nuhoglu, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Eha Nurk, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

Terence W O'Neill, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Dermot O'Reilly, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Galina Obreja, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova

Caleb Ochimana, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States

Angélica M Ochoa-Avilés, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Eiji Oda, Tachikawa General Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan

Kyungwon Oh, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea

Kumiko Ohara, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan

Claes Ohlsson, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo, Japan

Örn Olafsson, Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland

Maria Teresa A Olinto, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil

Isabel O Oliveira, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Mohd Azahadi Omar, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Altan Onat, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Sok King Ong, Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

Lariane M Ono, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Pedro Ordunez, Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, United States

Rui Ornelas, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

Ana P Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Pedro J Ortiz, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Merete Osler, Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Glostrup, Denmark

Clive Osmond, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton, United Kingdom

Sergej M Ostojic, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Afshin Ostovar, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Johanna A Otero, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Kim Overvad, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Fred Michel Paccaud, UniSanté, Lausanne, Switzerland

Cristina Padez, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ioannis Pagkalos, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Elena Pahomova, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Karina Mary de Paiva, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Andrzej Pajak, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Domenico Palli, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network, Florence, Italy

Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States

Luigi Palmieri, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Wen-Harn Pan, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Songhomitra Panda-Jonas, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Arvind Pandey, ICMR - National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India

Francesco Panza, IRCCS Ente Ospedaliero Specializzato in Gastroenterologia S. de Bellis, Bari, Italy

Dimitrios Papandreou, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Soon-Woo Park, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Suyeon Park, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea

Winsome R Parnell, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Ionela M Pascanu, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mures, Târgu Mures, Romania

Patrick Pasquet, UMR CNRS-MNHN 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Paris, France

Nikhil D Patel, Jivandeep Hospital, Anand, India

Ivan Pecin, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Mangesh S Pednekar, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India

Nasheeta Peer, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa

Gao Pei, Peking University, Beijing, China

Sergio Viana Peixoto, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Rene Rachou Research Institute, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Markku Peltonen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Alexandre C Pereira, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco A Peres, National Dental Care Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Napoleón Pérez-Farinós, Universidad de Málaga, Malaga, Spain

Cynthia M Pérez, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Valentina Peterkova, Endocrinology Research Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation

Annette Peters, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany

Astrid Petersmann, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Janina Petkeviciene, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Ausra Petrauskiene, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Emanuela Pettenuzzo, University Hospital of Varese, Varese, Italy

Niloofar Peykari, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Son Thai Pham, Vietnam National Heart Institute, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Rafael N Pichardo, Clínica de Medicina Avanzada Dr. Abel González, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Daniela Pierannunzio, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Iris Pigeot, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany

Hynek Pikhart, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Aida Pilav, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lorenza Pilotto, Cardiovascular Prevention Centre Udine, Udine, Italy

Francesco Pistelli, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

Freda Pitakaka, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Aleksandra Piwonska, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Andreia N Pizarro, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Pedro Plans-Rubió, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Bee Koon Poh, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hermann Pohlabeln, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany

Raluca M Pop, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mures, Târgu Mures, Romania

Stevo R Popovic, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro

Miquel Porta, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain

Georg Posch, Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria

Anil Poudyal, Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dimitrios Poulimeneas, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Hamed Pouraram, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Farhad Pourfarzi, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Islamic Republic of Iran

Akram Pourshams, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Hossein Poustchi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Rajendra Pradeepa, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Alison J Price, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jacqueline F Price, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rui Providencia, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jardena J Puder, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Iveta Pudule, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Riga, Latvia

Soile E Puhakka, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Maria Puiu, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

Margus Punab, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia

Radwan F Qasrawi, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, State of Palestine

Mostafa Qorbani, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran

Tran Quoc Bao, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Ivana Radic, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Ricardas Radisauskas, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Salar Rahimikazerooni, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Mahfuzar Rahman, Pure Earth, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahmudur Rahman, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Olli Raitakari, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Manu Raj, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India

Ellina Rakhimova, Ufa Eye Research Institute, Ufa, Russian Federation

Sherali Rakhmatulloev, Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Ivo Rakovac, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Moscow, Russian Federation

Sudha Ramachandra Rao, National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Ambady Ramachandran, India Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Jacqueline Ramke, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Elisabete Ramos, University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal

Rafel Ramos, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Girona, Spain

Lekhraj Rampal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Sanjay Rampal, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vayia Rarra, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece

Ramon A Rascon-Pacheco, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico

Mette Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Cassiano Ricardo Rech, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Josep Redon, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Paul Ferdinand M Reganit, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Valéria Regecová, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Luis Revilla, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru

Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Lourdes Ribas-Barba, Nutrition Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

Robespierre Ribeiro, Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Health, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Elio Riboli, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Adrian Richter, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Fernando Rigo, CS S. Agustín Ibsalut, Palma, Spain

Natascia Rinaldo, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Tobias F Rinke de Wit, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ana Rito, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal

Raphael M Ritti-Dias, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil

Juan A Rivera, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Cynthia Robitaille, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Romana Roccaldo, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy

Daniela Rodrigues, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain

María del Cristo Rodriguez-Perez, Canarian Health Service, Tenerife, Spain

Laura A Rodríguez-Villamizar, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Ulla Roggenbuck, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

Rosalba Rojas-Martinez, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Nipa Rojroongwasinkul, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Dora Romaguera, CIBEROBN, Madrid, Spain

Elisabetta L Romeo, Associazione Calabrese di Epatologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Rafaela V Rosario, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Annika Rosengren, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ian Rouse, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji

Joel GR Roy, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Adolfo Rubinstein, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Frank J Rühli, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, Toulouse University School of Medicine, Toulouse, France

Blanca Sandra Ruiz-Betancourt, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico

Maria Ruiz-Castell, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg

Emma Ruiz Moreno, Spanish Nutrition Foundation, Madrid, Spain

Iuliia A Rusakova, Ufa Eye Research Institute, Ufa, Russian Federation

Kenisha Russell Jonsson, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

Paola Russo, Institute of Food Sciences of the National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Petra Rust, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Marcin Rutkowski, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Charumathi Sabanayagam, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

Elena Sacchini, Authority Sanitaria San Marino, San Marino, San Marino

Harshpal S Sachdev, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India

Alireza Sadjadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Ali Reza Safarpour, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Saeid Safiri, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Nader Saki, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Benoit Salanave, French Public Health Agency, St Maurice, France

Eduardo Salazar Martinez, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Diego Salmerón, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Murcia, Spain

Veikko Salomaa, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Jukka T Salonen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Massimo Salvetti, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Margarita Samoutian, Kindergarten of Avlonari, Evia, Greece

Jose Sánchez-Abanto, National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru

Sandjaja, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia

Susana Sans, Catalan Department of Health, Barcelona, Spain

Loreto Santa Marina, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastian, Spain

Diana A Santos, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Ina S Santos, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Lèlita C Santos, Coimbra University Hospital Center, Coimbra, Portugal

Maria Paula Santos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Osvaldo Santos, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisbon, Portugal

Rute Santos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Sara Santos Sanz, Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain

Jouko L Saramies, South Karelia Social and Health Care District, Lappeenranta, Finland

Luis B Sardinha, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Kai-Uwe Saum, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Savvas Savva, Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Nicosia, Cyprus

Mathilde Savy, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France

Norie Sawada, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

Mariana Sbaraini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Marcia Scazufca, University of São Paulo Clinics Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Beatriz D Schaan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Herman Schargrodsky, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Anja Schienkiewitz, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Sabine Schipf, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Carsten O Schmidt, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Ida Maria Schmidt, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Schnohr, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ben Schöttker, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Sara Schramm, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

Stine Schramm, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Helmut Schröder, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain

Constance Schultsz, Academic Medical Center of University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aletta E Schutte, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Aye Aye Sein, Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Rusidah Selamat, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vedrana Sember, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abhijit Sen, Center for Oral Health Services and Research Mid-Norway, Trondheim, Norway

Idowu O Senbanjo, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria

Sadaf G Sepanlou, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Victor Sequera, Ministry of Public Health, Asunción, Paraguay

Luis Serra-Majem, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Jennifer Servais, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Ludmila Ševcíková, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Svetlana A Shalnova, National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation

Teresa Shamah-Levy, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Morteza Shamshirgaran, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Islamic Republic of Iran

Coimbatore Subramaniam Shanthirani, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Maryam Sharafkhah, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Sanjib K Sharma, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Jonathan E Shaw, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Amaneh Shayanrad, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Ali Akbar Shayesteh, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Lela Shengelia, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Zumin Shi, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Kenji Shibuya, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Hana Shimizu-Furusawa, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Dong Wook Shin, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Majid Shirani, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Islamic Republic of Iran

Rahman Shiri, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Namuna Shrestha, Public Health Promotion and Development Organization, Kathmandu, Nepal

Khairil Si-Ramlee, Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

Alfonso Siani, Institute of Food Sciences of the National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Rosalynn Siantar, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

Abla M Sibai, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Antonio M Silva, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil

Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Mary Simon, India Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Judith Simons, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Leon A Simons, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Agneta Sjöberg, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Michael Sjöström, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Gry Skodje, Nes Municipality, Aarnes, Norway

Jolanta Slowikowska-Hilczer, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Przemyslaw Slusarczyk, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland

Liam Smeeth, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Hung-Kwan So, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Fernanda Cunha Soares, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Grzegorz Sobek, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Eugène Sobngwi, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Morten Sodemann, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Stefan Söderberg, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Moesijanti YE Soekatri, Health Polytechnic Jakarta II Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia

Agustinus Soemantri, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

Reecha Sofat, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Vincenzo Solfrizzi, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Mohammad Hossein Somi, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Emily Sonestedt, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Yi Song, Peking University, Beijing, China

Thorkild IA Sørensen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Elin P Sørgjerd, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Charles Sossa Jérome, Institut Régional de Santé Publique, Ouidah, Benin

Victoria E Soto-Rojas, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia

Aïcha Soumaré, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Slavica Sovic, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Bente Sparboe-Nilsen, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

Karen Sparrenberger, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Angela Spinelli, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Igor Spiroski, Institute of Public Health, Skopje, North Macedonia

Jan A Staessen, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Hanspeter Stamm, Lamprecht und Stamm Sozialforschung und Beratung AG, Zurich, Switzerland

Maria G Stathopoulou, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Nancy, France

Kaspar Staub, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Bill Stavreski, Heart Foundation, Melbourne, Australia

Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Peter Stehle, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany

Aryeh D Stein, Emory University, Atlanta, United States

George S Stergiou, Sotiria Hospital, Sotiria, Greece

Jochanan Stessman, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Ranko Stevanovic, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia

Jutta Stieber, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany

Doris Stöckl, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany

Tanja Stocks, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Jakub Stokwiszewski, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland

Ekaterina Stoyanova, Kalina Malina Kindergarten, Pazardjik, Bulgaria

Gareth Stratton, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Karien Stronks, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Maria Wany Strufaldi, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lela Sturua, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Ramón Suárez-Medina, National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Havana, Cuba

Machi Suka, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Chien-An Sun, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

Johan Sundström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Yn-Tz Sung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jordi Sunyer, Barcelona Institute for Global Health CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Boyd A Swinburn, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Rody G Sy, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Holly E Syddall, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

René Charles Sylva, National Statistical Office, Praia, Cabo Verde

Moyses Szklo, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, United States

Lucjan Szponar, National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland

E Shyong Tai, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Mari-Liis Tammesoo, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Abdonas Tamosiunas, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Eng Joo Tan, Deakin University, Sydney, Australia

Xun Tang, Peking University, Beijing, China

Maya Tanrygulyyeva, Scientific Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Frank Tanser, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Yong Tao, Peking University, Beijing, China

Mohammed Rasoul Tarawneh, Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan

Jakob Tarp, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Carolina B Tarqui-Mamani, National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru

Radka Taxová Braunerová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic

Anne Taylor, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Julie Taylor, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Félicité Tchibindat, UNICEF, Niamey, Niger

William R Tebar, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Brazil

Grethe S Tell, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Tania Tello, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Yih Chung Tham, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

KR Thankappan, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, India

Holger Theobald, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Xenophon Theodoridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Lutgarde Thijs, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Nihal Thomas, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Betina H Thuesen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lubica Tichá, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Erik J Timmermans, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anne Tjonneland, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hanna K Tolonen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Janne S Tolstrup, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Murat Topbas, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Roman Topór-Madry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Liv Elin Torheim, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

María José Tormo, Health Service of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Michael J Tornaritis, Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Nicosia, Cyprus

Maties Torrent, Institut d'Investigacio Sanitaria Illes Balears, Menorca, Spain

Laura Torres-Collado, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Alicante, Spain

Stefania Toselli, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giota Touloumi, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Pierre Traissac, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France

Thi Tuyet-Hanh Tran, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States

Antonia Trichopoulou, Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece

Oanh TH Trinh, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Atul Trivedi, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, India

Lechaba Tshepo, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa

Maria Tsigga, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Shoichiro Tsugane, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

Azaliia M Tuliakova, Ufa Eye Research Institute, Ufa, Russian Federation

Marshall K Tulloch-Reid, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Fikru Tullu, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Jaakko Tuomilehto, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Maria L Turley, Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand

Gilad Twig, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Per Tynelius, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Themistoklis Tzotzas, Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, Athens, Greece

Christophe Tzourio, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Peter Ueda, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Eunice Ugel, Universidad Centro-Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Flora AM Ukoli, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, United States

Hanno Ulmer, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Belgin Unal, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

Zhamyila Usupova, Republican Center for Health Promotion, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Hannu MT Uusitalo, University of Tampere Tays Eye Center, Tampere, Finland

Nalan Uysal, Sabiha Gokcen Ilkokulu, Ankara, Turkey

Justina Vaitkeviciute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Gonzalo Valdivia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Susana Vale, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Damaskini Valvi, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, United States

Rob M van Dam, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Johan Van der Heyden, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

Yvonne T van der Schouw, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

Koen Van Herck, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Hoang Van Minh, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Natasja M Van Schoor, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Irene GM van Valkengoed, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dirk Vanderschueren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Diego Vanuzzo, Cardiovascular Prevention Centre Udine, Udine, Italy

Anette Varbo, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Gregorio Varela-Moreiras, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain

Patricia Varona-Pérez, National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Havana, Cuba

Senthil K Vasan, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Tomas Vega, Consejería de Sanidad Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain

Toomas Veidebaum, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Biruta Velika, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Riga, Latvia

Giovanni Veronesi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

WM Monique Verschuren, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands

Cesar G Victora, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Giovanni Viegi, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

Lucie Viet, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands

Salvador Villalpando, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Paolo Vineis, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Jesus Vioque, University Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain

Jyrki K Virtanen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Marjolein Visser, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sophie Visvikis-Siest, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Nancy, France

Bharathi Viswanathan, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Seychelles

Mihaela Vladulescu, Sunflower Nursery School, Craiova, Romania

Tiina Vlasoff, North Karelia Center for Public Health, Joensuu, Finland

Dorja Vocanec, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Peter Vollenweider, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Henry Völzke, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Ari Voutilainen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Sari Voutilainen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Martine Vrijheid, Barcelona Institute for Global Health CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

Tanja GM Vrijkotte, University Medical Centers, Groningen, Netherlands

Alisha N Wade, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Aline Wagner, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Thomas Waldhör, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Janette Walton, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland

Elvis OA Wambiya, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Wan Mohamad Wan Bebakar, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia

Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rildo de Souza Wanderley Júnior, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Ming-Dong Wang, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Ningli Wang, Capital Medical University Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China

Qian Wang, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Xiangjun Wang, Shanghai Educational Development Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China

Ya Xing Wang, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ying-Wei Wang, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

S Goya Wannamethee, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nicholas Wareham, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Adelheid Weber, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Vienna, Austria

Niels Wedderkopp, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Deepa Weerasekera, Ministry of Health, Auckland, New Zealand

Daniel Weghuber, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Wenbin Wei, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Aneta Weres, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Bo Werner, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Peter H Whincup, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Kurt Widhalm, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Indah S Widyahening, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Andrzej Wiecek, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Rainford J Wilks, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Johann Willeit, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Peter Willeit, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Julianne Williams, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Moscow, Russian Federation

Tom Wilsgaard, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Bogdan Wojtyniak, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland

Roy A Wong-McClure, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, San José, Costa Rica

Andrew Wong, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jyh Eiin Wong, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tien Yin Wong, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Jean Woo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Mark Woodward, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Frederick C Wu, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jianfeng Wu, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China

Li Juan Wu, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Shouling Wu, Kailuan General Hospital, Tangshan, China

Haiquan Xu, Institute of Food and Nutrition Development of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China

Liang Xu, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing, China

Nor Azwany Yaacob, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia

Uruwan Yamborisut, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Weili Yan, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Ling Yang, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Xiaoguang Yang, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Yang Yang, Shanghai Educational Development Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China

Nazan Yardim, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey

Mehdi Yaseri, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Tabara Yasuharu, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Xingwang Ye, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Panayiotis K Yiallouros, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Moein Yoosefi, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Akihiro Yoshihara, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Qi Sheng You, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

San-Lin You, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

Novie O Younger-Coleman, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Safiah Md Yusof, International Medical University, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Luciana Zaccagni, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Vassilis Zafiropulos, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Greece

Ahmad A Zainuddin, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Seyed Rasoul Zakavi, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran

Farhad Zamani, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Sabina Zambon, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Antonis Zampelas, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Hana Zamrazilová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic

Maria Elisa Zapata, Centro de Estudios sobre Nutrición Infantil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abdul Hamid Zargar, Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Care, Srinagar, India

Ko Ko Zaw, University of Public Health, Yangon, Myanmar

Tomasz Zdrojewski, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Kristyna Zejglicova, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic

Tajana Zeljkovic Vrkic, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Yi Zeng, Peking University, Beijing, China

Luxia Zhang, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

Zhen-Yu Zhang, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dong Zhao, Capital Medical University Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Beijing, China

Ming-Hui Zhao, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

Wenhua Zhao, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Shiqi Zhen, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Wei Zheng, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States

Yingfeng Zheng, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Bekbolat Zholdin, West Kazakhstan Medical University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Maigeng Zhou, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Dan Zhu, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China

Marie Zins, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Villejuif, France

Emanuel Zitt, Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria

Yanina Zocalo, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Julio Zuñiga Cisneros, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama

Monika Zuziak, Przedszkole No. 81, Warsaw, Poland

Majid Ezzati, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Sarah Filippi, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Funding

Wellcome Trust

Majid Ezzati

Medical Research Council

Maria LC Iurilli

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Acknowledgements

We thank WHO country and regional offices and World Heart Federation for support in data identification and access. The NCD-RisC database was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Maria LC Iurilli was supported by a Medical Research Council studentship. Sylvain Sebert received funding by the European Commission with grant agreements 633595 and 874739, respectively, for the DynaHEALTH and LongITools projects. The following contributors have deceased: Konrad Jamrozik, Altan Onat, Robespierre Ribeiro, Michael Sjöström, Agustinus Soemantri, Jutta Stieber, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos. The list of authors shows their last affiliation.

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