ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2023
Structural responses to the obesity epidemic in Latin America: what are the next steps for food and physical activity policies?
Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of a Behavioral Change Communication Strategy Coupled With Small-Quantity Lipid-Based or Micro-Nutrient Supplements on Stunting and Obesity in Children in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Trial
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity and the burden of high body-mass index in Latin America: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Visceral adipose tissue and incident cardiovascular disease among individuals without diabetes: an analysis of 15 prospective cohorts from 7 countries in Latin America.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Global structural fiscal food policy.Nature food · 2026Article
- Commercial Determinants of Latinx Health: A Scoping Review of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in the USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Therapeutic Inertia in the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Patients With a Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Who Are Followed up by Primary Care Physicians.Obesity science & practice · 2026Article
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Estimates in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Analysis of the GLOBOCAN 2022.Cancer research communications · 2025Article
- Predictors of High Obesity in Rural Nicaragua: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries.Nature medicine · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular disease in the Americas: the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Review
- Article
- Allostasis, health, and development in Latin America.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Self-reported decreases in the purchases of selected unhealthy foods resulting from the implementation of warning labels in Mexican youth and adult population.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Public Policies on Obesity: A Literature Review of Global Challenges and Response Strategies.Cureus · 2024Review
- Global burden of osteoarthritis in adults aged 30 to 44 years, 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Determinants of obesity in Latin America.Nature metabolism · 2024 · on this mapReview
- Article
- Liver transplantation in Latin America: reality and challenges.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Review
- Solutions to the double burden of malnutrition also generate health and environmental benefits.Nature food · 2023Article
- Evolution of global food trade network and its effects on population nutritional status.Current research in food science · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Obesity is among the most complex public health challenges, particularly in Latin America, where obesity rates have increased faster than in any other region. Many countries have proposed or enacted comprehensive policies to promote adequate diet and physical activity under a structural framework. We summarize articles discussing the scope and impact of recently implemented obesity-related interventions in the light of a structural response framework. Overall, we find that: (1) market-based food interventions, including taxes on
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.