Abhijit Sen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3935230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhijit Sen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhijit |
| FAMILY NAME | Sen |
| SIGNATURE | SEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9560-4226 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Implementing school-based nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries
School-based nutrition interventions are widely used to improve nutrition among children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. This scoping review examined implementation strategies, theories, models, frameworks, and implementation outcomes reported for school-based nutrition interventions in these settings. We included English-language primary studies conducted in school settings in low- and middle-income countries if they reporte…
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
How Did People with Prediabetes Who Attended the Diabetes Prevention Education Program (DiPEP) Experience Making Lifestyle Changes? A Qualitative Study in Nepal
Diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle modification in the prediabetic phase. A group-based lifestyle intervention called 'Diabetes Prevention Education Program' (DiPEP) was tested recently in Nepal. The present study aimed to explore experiences of making lifestyle changes among people with prediabetes participating in the DiPEP. This qualitative study, with semi-structured interviews of 20 participants, was conducted 4-7 months following D…
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019
BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015
BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. METHODS: For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or comm…
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Insomnia and the Risk of Breast Cancer
OBJECTIVE: The association of insomnia with subsequent breast cancer risk is largely unknown. Therefore, we assessed whether different symptoms of insomnia and their combination are associated with incident breast cancer in a large population-based study. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, 33,332 women were followed to monitor the occurrence of their first invasive breast cancer identified by the Cancer Registry of Norway. Insomnia symptoms …
Unfinished Tasks of Land Reform
Taxation by auction
The Impact of American Pop Culture in the Third World
The steady expansion of American media products overseas has led to charges of media imperialism and the establishment of a global culture. This paper analyses the nature and scope of the so-called ‘global culture’ and the nature and content of American popular cultural products and their impact on the Third World audiences
Economic Liberalisation and Agriculture in India
A Note on Employment and Living Standards in the Unorganised Sector
Shocks and Instabilities in an Agriculture-Constrained Economy
Market failure and control of labour power
Journal Article Market failure and control of labour power: towards an explanation of 'structure' and change in Indian agriculture. Part 1 Get access Abhijit Sen Abhijit Sen *University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 1981, Pages 201–228, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a035482 Published: 01 September 1981
Market failure and control of labour power
Journal Article Market failure and control of labour power: towards an explanation of 'structure' and change in Indian agriculture. Part 1 Get access Abhijit Sen Abhijit Sen *University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 1981, Pages 201–228, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a035482 Published: 01 September 1981
Shocks and Instabilities in an Agriculture-Constrained Economy
A Note on Employment and Living Standards in the Unorganised Sector
Economic Liberalisation and Agriculture in India
The Impact of American Pop Culture in the Third World
The steady expansion of American media products overseas has led to charges of media imperialism and the establishment of a global culture. This paper analyses the nature and scope of the so-called ‘global culture’ and the nature and content of American popular cultural products and their impact on the Third World audiences
Taxation by auction
Unfinished Tasks of Land Reform
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015
BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. METHODS: For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or comm…
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Insomnia and the Risk of Breast Cancer
OBJECTIVE: The association of insomnia with subsequent breast cancer risk is largely unknown. Therefore, we assessed whether different symptoms of insomnia and their combination are associated with incident breast cancer in a large population-based study. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, 33,332 women were followed to monitor the occurrence of their first invasive breast cancer identified by the Cancer Registry of Norway. Insomnia symptoms …
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019
BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…
How Did People with Prediabetes Who Attended the Diabetes Prevention Education Program (DiPEP) Experience Making Lifestyle Changes? A Qualitative Study in Nepal
Diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle modification in the prediabetic phase. A group-based lifestyle intervention called 'Diabetes Prevention Education Program' (DiPEP) was tested recently in Nepal. The present study aimed to explore experiences of making lifestyle changes among people with prediabetes participating in the DiPEP. This qualitative study, with semi-structured interviews of 20 participants, was conducted 4-7 months following D…
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Implementing school-based nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries
School-based nutrition interventions are widely used to improve nutrition among children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. This scoping review examined implementation strategies, theories, models, frameworks, and implementation outcomes reported for school-based nutrition interventions in these settings. We included English-language primary studies conducted in school settings in low- and middle-income countries if they reporte…
Medicine (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works)