FIGURE 2—

Ecological associations between mean BMI among women and macrolevel characteristics (a) per capita GDP, (b) percentage of urban residents, (c) FDI as a percentage of GDP, and (d) mean tariff: 40 low- and middle-income countries included in the World Health Survey, 2002–2003.

Note. BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; FDI = foreign direct investment; GDP = gross domestic product. Results are derived from bivariate random-effects meta-regression models weighted by the inverse of the standard error of the mean BMI for women in each country. The sample size was n = 110 628.