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Obesity is a global problem, including low-income countries and sub-Saharan Africa, but its causes (aside from at the most fundamental level) and consequences vary across countries and regions. There are special challenges driven by the burden of disease in low-income countries and metabolic diseases represent one category of emerging non-communicable diseases.

  • Importance of ‘global health’ view in obesity research – interventions suitable for developing-world settings need to be developed and tested locally, as context may be important. This provides opportunities for collaborative endeavours between researchers in developed and developing nations.

Priorities for MRC obesity research Mechanisms of obesity and associated disease Neuroscience of obesity Prevention and intervention: obesity and links to disease Physical activity Ethnicity and obesity Bariatric surgery as a research tool Global health Method development (including dietary behaviour)