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ReviewNature metabolism2024

Determinants of obesity in Latin America.

Sandra Roberta G Ferreira, Yazmín Macotela, Licio A Velloso, Marcelo A Mori

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT07590219. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

NCT07590219 phase4active not recruiting

Efficacy, Metabolic and Cardiovascular Effects of Liraglutide in Children Aged 6-12 Years With Severe Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Advanced Echocardiographic Assessment

Ran2024Enrolled30Registered outcomes9Posted comparisons0ConditionsCardiovascular Function, Childhood Obesity, Echocardiography, LiraglutideArmsLiraglutide (Saxenda) 6Mg/Ml Inj Pen 3Ml
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Steatotic liver disease in Latin America: current views and perspectives.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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  6. The global burden of kidney cancer: trends in mortality and incidence with predictions to 2025.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026
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  14. Cancer mortality predictions for 2025 in Latin America with focus on prostate cancer.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026
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  17. Clinical Heterogeneity and Transitions of Obesity in Mexico.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sandra Roberta G Ferreira *School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Yazmín Macotela *Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM Campus-Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico.
Licio A VellosoObesity and Comorbidities Research Center, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4806-7218
Marcelo A MoriInstitute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. morima@unicamp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7112-5263

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity rates are increasing almost everywhere in the world, although the pace and timing for this increase differ when populations from developed and developing countries are compared. The sharp and more recent increase in obesity rates in many Latin American countries is an example of that and results from regional characteristics that emerge from interactions between multiple factors. Aware of the complexity of enumerating these factors, we highlight eight main determinants (the physical environment, food exposure, economic and political interest, social inequity, limited access to scientific knowledge, culture, contextual behaviour and genetics) and discuss how they impact obesity rates in Latin American countries. We propose that initiatives aimed at understanding obesity and hampering obesity growth in Latin America should involve multidisciplinary, global approaches that consider these determinants to build more effective public policy and strategies, accounting for regional differences and disease complexity at the individual and systemic levels.

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ObesityHumansLatin America

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