Peter Willeit

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez, Ziad Abdeen, Zargar Abdul Hamid et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 7.4K citations · Full text

Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Alize J Ferrari, Damian Santomauro, Amirali Aali et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 3.7K citations · Full text

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Bin Zhou, Rodrigo M. Carrillo‐Larco, Goodarz Danaei et al. · The Lancet · 2021 · 3.4K citations · Full text

Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Mohsen Naghavi, Kanyin Liane Ong, Amirali Aali et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Michael Bräuer, Gregory A. Roth, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2.1K citations · Full text