Rethinking the “diseases of affluence” paradigm in global health: patterns of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in relation to economic development • Majid Ezzati, Harvard University ; Stephen Vander Hoorn, University of Auckland ; Carlene Lawes, University of Auckland ; Rachel Leach, International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) ; W Philip T James, International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) ; Alan D Lopez, University of Queensland ; Anthony Rodgers, University of Auckland ; Christopher J.L. Murray, Harvard University

Obesity and waistline obesity in elderly people in Latin America and the Caribbean: are we fat? • Flavia Andrade, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Role of lifestyle and diet in emerging obesity among Indian women and its impact upon their health status • Praween Kumar Agrawal, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Risk factors for obesity and associated chronic diseases in Uzbekistan • Fred Arnold, ORC Macro ; Gulnara Semenov, ORC Macro ; Rathavuth Hong, ORC Macro ; Altrena G. Mukuria, ORC Macro

Neighbourhood and metropolitan-level determinants of adult overweight and obesity in the United States • Enrico Marcelli, Harvard University ; David Cutler, Harvard University ; S.V. Subramanian, Harvard School of Public Health ; Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health