Prevalence of excess weight (overweight/obesity), overweight and obesity by time period in Brazilian macroregions. Excess weight: a) Before year 2000: Northeast (n 3, 5·3 %; 95 % CI 2·5, 8·9, I² 99 %) and Southeast (n 8, 11·9 %; 95 % CI 6·5, 18·1, I² 99 %). b) Years 2000 to 2009: North (n 3, 19·4 %; 95 % CI 13·5, 25·7, I² 98 %), Northeast (n 14, 16·4 %; 95 % CI 13·9, 19·1, I² 97 %), Midwest (n 2, 24·2 %; 95 % CI 17·9, 30·9, I² 97 %), Southeast (n 27, 19·1 %; 95 % CI 16·7, 21·6, I² 98 %) and South (n 23, 19·6 %; 95 % CI 16·5, 22·9, I² 98 %). c) Years 2010 and after: North (n 5, 23·3 %; 95 % CI 21·3, 25·5, I² 82 %), Northeast (n 18, 19·6 %; 95 % CI 17·0, 22·5, I² 97 %), Midwest (n 4, 23·6 %; 95 % CI 22·2, 25·1, I² 51 %), Southeast (n 19, 28·2 %; 95 % CI 25·8, 30·6, I² 95 %) and South (n 28, 27·1 %; 95 % CI 24·2, 30·0, I² 97 %). Overweight: a) Before year 2000: Southeast (n 4, 9·0 %; 95 % CI 3·5, 15·5, I² 98 %). b) Years 2000 to 2009: North (n 2, 17·7 %; 95 % CI 9·6, 26·8, I² 97 %), Northeast (n 10, 11·7 %; 95 % CI 9·8, 13·7, I² 94 %), Midwest (n 2, 16·4 %; 95 % CI 12·8, 20·1, I² 93 %), Southeast (n 21, 13·6 %; 95 % CI 12·1, 15·2, I² 95 %) and South (n 13, 16·1 %; 95 % CI 13·9, 18·3, I² 94 %). c) Years 2010 and after: North (n 2, 15·2 %; 95 % CI 14·7, 15·8, I² 0 %), Northeast (n 14, 12·9 %; 95 % CI 11·1, 14·8, I² 94 %), Midwest (n 4, 15·6 %; 95 % CI 14·3, 17·0, I² 59 %), Southeast (n 12, 19·4 %; 95 % CI 18·1, 20·8, I² 85 %) and South (n 18, 17·1 %; 95 % CI 15·3, 19·1, I² 94 %). Obesity: a) Before year 2000: Southeast (n 3, 2·9 %; 95 % CI 1·3, 4·8, I² 90 %). b) Years 2000 to 2009: North (n 2, 5·2 %; 95 % CI 4·0, 6·5, I² 59 %), Northeast (n 10, 4·5 %; 95 % CI 2·9, 6·3, I² 97 %), Midwest (n 2, 7·8 %; 95 % CI 5·1, 10·7, I² 93 %), Southeast (n 23, 6·6 %; 95 % CI 5·2, 8·1, I² 97 %) and South (n 15, 6·7 %; 95 % CI 5·3, 8·3, I² 95 %). c) Years 2010 and after: North (n 3, 6·9 %; 95 % CI 5·8, 8·1, I² 20 %), Northeast (n 15, 6·0 %; 95 % CI 4·9, 7·2, I² 93 %), Midwest (n 5, 8·4 %; 95 % CI 7·1, 9·8, I² 79 %), Southeast (n 12, 9·8 %; 95 % CI 7·9, 11·9, I² 97 %) and South (n 19, 8·7 %; 95 % CI 6·7, 10·9, I² 98 %).