• Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development 

      Mishra, Anu; Zhou, Bin; Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Bixby, Honor; Singleton, Rosie K.; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million ...
    • Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c 

      Zhou, Bin; Sheffer, Kate E.; Bennett, James E.; Gregg, Edward W.; Danaei, Goodarz; ... more authors ( Nature Medicine , 2023 , Article)
      Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are both used to diagnose diabetes, but these measurements can identify different people as having diabetes. We used data from 117 population-based studies and ...
    • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults 

      Nowell H, Phelps; Singleton, Rosie K; Zhou, Bin; Heap, Rachel A; Mishra, Anu; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2024 , Article)
      BackgroundUnderweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from ...