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. 2020 Jun 3;10(6):e036534. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036534

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Estimated transference rates between BMI categories by age and SES for men and women at country level. (A) Not overweight to overweight (τ1) for men, (B) overweight to obese (τ2) for men, (C) obese to overweight (τ3) for men and (D) overweight to not overweight (τ4) for men. (E) Not overweight to overweight (τ1) for women, (F) overweight to obese (τ2) for women, (G) obese to overweight (τ3) for women and (H) overweight to not overweight (τ4) for women. BMI, body mass index; SES, socioeconomic status.