DrMariachiaraDi Cesare

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Research Fellow

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524Norfolk PlaceSt Mary's Campus

Summary

I am Honorary Research Fellow in Population Health at Imperial College London after joining, as Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Middlesex University. I obtained a Master’s degree in statistics and demography and a PhD in Demography from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

Much of my work has focused on health with special interest in risk factors associated to communicable and non-communicable diseases. In particular I have been working on inequalities in non communicable diseases, risk factors contribution to overall and chronic diseases mortality, and the role of early nutrition on child development. Also I have been working on reproductive health in developing countries focusing on adolescent reproductive behaviours and their impact on poverty.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Di Cesare M, Soric M, Bovet P, et al.Di Cesare M, Soric M, Bovet P, Miranda JJ, Bhutta Z, Stevens GA, Laxmaiah A, Kengne A-P, Bentham J close, 2019, The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action, BMC Medicine, Vol:17, ISSN:1741-7015

Bixby H, Bentham J, Zhou B, et al.Bixby H, Bentham J, Zhou B, Di Cesare M, Paciorek CJ, Bennett JE, Taddei C, Stevens GA, Rodriguez-Martinez A, Carrillo-Larco RM, Khang Y-H, Soric M, Gregg E, Miranda JJ, Bhutta ZA, Savin S, Sophiea MK, Iurilli MLC, Solomon BD, Cowan MJ, Riley LM, Danaei G, Bovet P, Christa-Emandi A, Hambleton IR, Hayes AJ, Ikeda N, Kengne AP, Laxmaiah A, Li Y, McGarvey ST, Mostafa A, Neovius M, Starc G, Zainuddin AA, Ezzati M close, 2019, Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic, Nature, Vol:569, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:260-264

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), 2017, Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults., The Lancet, Vol:390, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:2627-2642

Lauby-Secretan B, Scoccianti C, Loomis D, et al.Lauby-Secretan B, Scoccianti C, Loomis D, Grosse Y, Bianchini F, Straif K close, 2016, Body Fatness and Cancer - Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol:375, ISSN:0028-4793, Pages:794-798

Bentham J, Di Cesare M, Stevens GA, et al.Bentham J, Di Cesare M, Stevens GA, Zhou B, Bixby H, Cowan M, Fortunato L, Bennett J, Danaei G, Hajifathalian K, Lu Y, Riley LM, Laxmaiah A, Kontis V, Paciorek CJ, Riboli E, Ezzati M, Chan Q, Elliott P, Gunter M, Hihtaniemi IT, Murphy N, Norat T, Riboli E, Vineis P, NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) close, 2016, A century of trends in adult human height, Elife, Vol:5, ISSN:2050-084X

Di Cesare M, Bentham J, Stevens GA, et al.Di Cesare M, Bentham J, Stevens GA, Zhou B, Danaei G, Lu Y, Bixby H, Cowan MJ, Riley LM, Hajifathalian K, Fortunato L, Taddei C, Bennett JE, Ikeda N, Khang Y-H, Kyobutungi C, Laxmaiah A, Li Y, Lin H-H, Miranda JJ, Mostafa A, Turley ML, Paciorek CJ, Gunter M, Ezzati M, Abdeen ZA, Hamid ZA, Abu-Rmeileh NM, Acosta-Cazares B, Adams R, Aekplakorn W, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Ahmadvand A, Ahrens W, Ali MM, Alkerwi A, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Aly E, Amouyel P, Amuzu A, Andersen LB, Anderssen SA, Andrade DS, Anjana RM, Aounallah-Skhiri H, Ariansen I, Aris T, Arlappa N, Arveiler D, Assah FK, Avdicova M, Azizi F, Babu BV, Balakrishna N, Bandosz P, Banegas JR, Barbagallo CM, Barcelo A, Barkat A, Barros MV, Bata I, Batieha AM, Batista RL, Baur LA, Beaglehole R, Ben Romdhane H, Benet M, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bernotiene G, Bettiol H, Bhagyalaxmi A, Bharadwaj S, Bhargava SK, Bhatti Z, Bhutta ZA, Bi H, Bi Y, Bjerregaard P, Bjertness E, Bjertness MB, Bjorkelund C, Blake M, Blokstra A, Bo S, Bobak M, Boddy LM, Boehm BO, Boeing H, Boissonnet CP, Bongard V, Bovet P, Braeckman L, Bragt MCE, Brajkovich I, Branca F, Breckenkamp J, Brenner H, Brewster LM, Brian GR, Bruno G, Bueno-de-Mesquita HBA, Bugge A, Burns C, Cabrera de Leon A, Cacciottolo J, Cama T, Cameron C, Camolas J, Can G, Candido APC, Capuano V, Cardoso VC, Carvalho MJ, Casanueva FF, Casas J-P, Caserta CA, Castetbon K, Chamukuttan S, Chan AW, Chan Q, Chaturvedi HK, Chaturvedi N, Chen C-J, Chen F, Chen H, Chen S, Chen Z, Cheng C-Y, Chetrit A, Chiolero A, Chiou S-T, Chirita-Emandi A, Cho Y, Christensen K, Chudek J, Cifkova R, Claessens F, Clays E, Concin H, Cooper C, Cooper R, Coppinger TC, Costanzo S, Cottel D, Cowell C, Craig CL, Crujeiras AB, D'Arrigo G, d'Orsi E, Dallongeville J, Damasceno A, Damsgaard CT, Danaei G, Dankner R, Dauchet L, De Backer G, De Bacquer D, de Gaetano G, De Henauw S, De Smedt D, Deepa M, Deev AD, Dehghan A, Delisle H, Delpeuch F, Dhana K, Di Castelnuovo AF, Dias-da-Costa JS, Diaz A, Djalalinia S, Do HTP, Dobson AJ, Donfrancesco C, Doering A, Doua K, Drygas W, Egbagbe EE, Eggertsen R, Ekelund U, El Ati J, Elliott P, Engle-Stone R, Erasmus RT, Erem C, Eriksen L, Escobedo-de la Pena J, Evans A, Faeh D, Fall CH, Farzadfar F, Felix-Redondo FJ, Ferguson TS, Fernandez-Berges D, Ferrante D, Ferrari M, Ferreccio C, Ferrieres J, Finn JD, Fischer K, Monterubio Flores E, Foeger B, Foo LH, Forslund A-S, Fortmann SP, Fouad HM, Francis DK, Franco MDC, Franco OH, Frontera G, Fuchs FD, Fuchs SC, Fujita Y, Furusawa T, Gaciong Z, Gafencu M, Gareta D, Garnett SP, Gaspoz J-M, Gasull M, Gates L, Geleijnse JM, Ghasemian A, Giampaoli S, Gianfagna F, Giovannelli J, Giwercman A, Goldsmith RA, Gonzalez Gross M, Gonzalez Rivas JP, Bonet Gorbea M, Gottrand F, -Iversen SG, Grafnetter D, Grajda A, Grammatikopoulou MG, Gregor RD, Grodzicki T, Grontved A, Gruden G, Grujic V, Gu D, Guan OP, Gudnason V, Guerrero R, Guessous I, Guimaraes AL, Gulliford MC, Gunnlaugsdottir J, Gunter M, Guo XH, Guo Y, Gupta PC, Gureje O, Gurzkowska B, Gutierrez L, Gutzwiller F, Halkjaer J, Hardy R, Kumar RH, Hayes AJ, He J, Hendriks ME, Hernandez Cadena L, Heshmat R, Hihtaniemi IT, Ho SY, Ho SC, Hobbs M, Hofman A, Hormiga CM, Horta BL, Houti L, Htay TT, Htet AS, Htike MMT, Hu Y, Hussieni AS, Chinh NH, Huybrechts I, Hwalla N, Iacoviello L, Iannone AG, Ibrahim MM, Ikeda N, Ikram MA, Irazola VE, Islam M, Iwasaki M, Jackson RT, Jacobs JM, Jafar T, Jamil KM, Jamrozik K, Jasienska G, Jiang CQ, Joffres M, Johansson M, Jonas JB, Jorgensen T, Joshi P, Juolevi A, Jurak G, Juresa V, Kaaks R, Kafatos A, Kalter-Leibovici O, Kapantais E, Kasaeian A, Katz J, Kaur P, Kavousi M, Keil U, Boker LK, Kelishadi R, Kemper HHCG, Kengne AP, Kersting M, Key T, Khader YS, Khalili D, Khang Y-H, Khaw K-TH, Khouw IMSL, Kiechl S, Killewo J, Kim J, Kiyohara Y, Klimont J, Kolle E, Kolsteren P, Korrovits P, Koskinen S, Kouda K, Koziel S, Kratzer W, Krokstad S, Kromhout D, Kruger HS, Kula K, Kulaga Z, Kumar RK, Kusuma YS, Kuulasmaa K, Kyobutungi C, Laamiri FZ, Laatikainen T, Lachat C, Laid Y, Lam TH, Landrove O, Lanska V, Lappas G, Laugsand LE, Laxmaiah A, Khanh LNB, Le TD, Leclercq C, Lee J, Lee J, Lehtimaki T, Lekhraj R, Leon-Munoz LM, Li Y, Lim W-Y, Fernanda Lima-Costa M, Lin H-H, Lin X, Linneberg A, Lissner L, Litwin M, Liu J, Lorbeer R, Lotufo PA, Eugenio Lozano J, Luksiene D, Lundqvist A, Lunet N, Lytsy P, Ma G, Machi S, Maggi S, Magliano DJ, Makdisse M, Malekzadeh R, Malhotra R, Rao KM, Manios Y, Mann JI, Manzato E, Margozzini P, Markey O, Marques-Vidal P, Marrugat J, Martin-Prevel Y, Martorell R, Masoodi SR, Matsha TE, Mazur A, Mbanya JCN, McFarlane SR, McGarvey ST, McKee M, McLachlan S, McLean RM, McNulty BA, Yusof SM, Mediene-Benchekor S, Meirhaeghe A, Meisinger C, Mendes LL, Menezes AMB, Mensink GBM, Meshram II, Metspalu A, Mi J, Michaelsen KF, Mikkel K, Miller JC, Francisco Miquel J, Jaime Miranda J, Misigoj-Durakovic M, Mohamed MK, Mohammad K, Mohammadifard N, Mohan V, Yusoff MFM, Molbo D, Moller NC, Molnar D, Mondo CK, Monterrubio EA, Monyeki KDK, Moreira LB, Morejon A, Moreno LA, Morgan K, Mortensen EL, Moschonis G, Mossakowska M, Mostafa A, Mota J, Motlagh ME, Motta J, Mu TT, Muiesan ML, Mueller-Nurasyid M, Murphy N, Mursu J, Murtagh EM, Musa KI, Musil V, Nagel G, Nakamura H, Namesna J, Nang EEK, Nangia VB, Nankap M, Narake S, Maria Navarrete-Munoz E, Nenko I, Neovius M, Nervi F, Neuhauser HK, Nguyen ND, Quang NN, Nieto-Martinez RE, Ning G, Ninomiya T, Nishtar S, Noale M, Norat T, Noto D, Al Nsour M, O'Reilly D, Ochoa-Aviles AM, Oh K, Olayan IH, Anselmo Olinto MT, Oltarzewski M, Omar MA, Ordunez P, Ortiz AP, Osler M, Osmond C, Ostojic SM, Otero JA, Overvad K, Paccaud FM, Padez C, Pajak A, Palli D, Palloni A, Palmieri L, Panda-Jonas S, Panza F, Parnell WR, Parsaeian M, Pednekar MS, Peeters PH, Peixoto SV, Pereira AC, Perez CM, Peters A, Peykari N, Son TP, Pigeot I, Pikhart H, Pilav A, Pilotto L, Pistelli F, Pitakaka F, Piwonska A, Piwonski J, Plans-Rubio P, Poh BK, Porta M, Portegies MLP, Poulimeneas D, Pradeepa R, Prashant M, Price JF, Puiu M, Punab M, Qasrawi RF, Qorbani M, Tran QB, Radic I, Radisauskas R, Rahman M, Raitakari O, Raj M, Rao SR, Ramachandran A, Ramke J, Ramos R, Rampal S, Rasmussen F, Redon J, Reganit PFM, Ribeiro R, Riboli E, Rigo F, de Wit TFR, Ritti-Dias RM, Rivera JA, Robinson SM, Robitaille C, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, del Cristo Rodriguez-Perez M, Rodriguez-Villamizar LA, Rojas-Martinez R, Rojroongwasinkul N, Romaguera D, Ronkainen K, Rosengren A, Rouse I, Rubinstein A, Ruehli FJ, Rui O, Sandra Ruiz-Betancourt B, Russo Horimoto ARV, Rutkowski M, Sabanayagam C, Sachdev HS, Saidi O, Salanave B, Salazar Martinez E, Salomaa V, Salonen JT, Salvetti M, Sanchez-Abanto J, Sandjaja, Sans S, Santos DA, Santos O, dos Santos RN, Santos R, Sardinha LB, Sarrafzadegan N, Saum K-U, Savva SC, Scazufca M, Rosario AS, Schargrodsky H, Schienkiewitz A, Schmidt IM, Schneider IJ, Schultsz C, Schutte AE, Sein AA, Senbanjo IO, Sepanlou SG, Shalnova SA, Shaw JE, Shibuya K, Shin Y, Shiri R, Siantar R, Sibai AM, Silva AM, Santos Silva DA, Simon M, Simons J, Simons LA, Sjostrom M, Slowikowska-Hilczer J, Slusarczyk P, Smeeth L, Smith MC, Snijder MB, So H-K, Sobngwi E, Soderberg S, Soekatri MYE, Solfrizzi V, Sonestedt E, Sorensen TIA, Soric M, Jerome CS, Soumare A, Staessen JA, Starc G, Stathopoulou MG, Staub K, Stavreski B, Steene-Johannessen J, Stehle P, Stein AD, Stergiou GS, Stessman J, Stieber J, Stoeckl D, Stocks T, Stokwiszewski J, Stratton G, Strufaldi MW, Sun C-A, Sundstrom J, Sung Y-T, Sunyer J, Suriyawongpaisal P, Swinburn BA, Sy RG, Szponar L, Tai ES, Tammesoo M-L, Tamosiunas A, Tang L, Tang X, Tanser F, Tao Y, Tarp J, Tarqui-Mamani CB, Taylor A, Tchibindat F, Thijs L, Thuesen BH, Tjonneland A, Tolonen HK, Tolstrup JS, Topbas M, Topor-Madry R, Torrent M, Traissac P, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Trinh OTH, Trivedi A, Tshepo L, Tulloch-Reid MK, Tuomainen T-P, Tuomilehto J, Turley ML, Tynelius P, Tzotzas T, Tzourio C, Ueda P, Ukoli FAM, Ulmer H, Unal B, Valdivia G, Vale S, Valvi D, van der Schouw YT, Van Herck K, Hoang VM, van Valkengoed IGM, Vanderschueren D, Vanuzzo D, Vatten L, Vega T, Velasquez-Melendez G, Veronesi G, Verschuren WMM, Viegi G, Viet L, Viikari-Juntura E, Vineis P, Vioque J, Virtanen JK, Visvikis-Siest S, Viswanathan B, Vollenweider P, Voutilainen S, Vrijheid M, Wade AN, Wagner A, Walton J, Mohamud WNW, Wang M-D, Wang Q, Wang YX, Wannamethee SG, Wareham N, Weerasekera D, Whincup PH, Widhalm K, Widyahening IS, Wiecek A, Wilks RJ, Willeit J, Wojtyniak B, Wong JE, Wong TY, Woo J, Woodward M, Wu FC, Wu J, Wu SL, Xu H, Xu L, Yamborisut U, Yan W, Yang X, Yardim N, Ye X, Yiallouros PK, Yoshihara A, You QS, Younger-Coleman NO, Yusoff AF, Zainuddin AA, Zambon S, Zdrojewski T, Zeng Y, Zhao D, Zhao W, Zheng Y, Zhou M, Zhu D, Zimmermann E, Zuniga Cisneros J close, 2016, Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants, Lancet, Vol:387, ISSN:1474-547X, Pages:1377-1396

Hajifathalian K, Ueda P, Lu Y, et al.Hajifathalian K, Ueda P, Lu Y, Woodward M, Ahmadvand A, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Azizi F, Cifkova R, Di Cesare M, Eriksen L, Farzadfar F, Ikeda N, Khalili D, Khang Y-H, Lanska V, Leon-Munoz L, Magliano D, Msyamboza KP, Oh K, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Rojas-Martinez R, Shaw JE, Stevens GA, Tolstrup J, Zhou B, Salomon JA, Ezzati M, Danaei G close, 2015, A novel risk score to predict cardiovascular disease risk in national populations (Globorisk): a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts and health examination surveys, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Vol:3, ISSN:2213-8587, Pages:339-355

Di Cesare M, Bhatti Z, Soofi SB, et al.Di Cesare M, Bhatti Z, Soofi SB, Fortunato L, Ezzati M, Bhutta ZA close, 2015, Geographical and socioeconomic inequalities in women and children's nutritional status in Pakistan in 2011: an analysis of data from a nationally representative survey., The Lancet Global Health, Vol:3, ISSN:2214-109X, Pages:e229-e239

Di Cesare M, Sabates R, 2013, Access to antenatal care and children's cognitive development: a comparative analysis in Ethiopia, Peru, Vietnam and India, International Journal of Public Health, Vol:58, ISSN:1661-8556, Pages:459-467

Di Cesare M, Bennett JE, Best N, et al.Di Cesare M, Bennett JE, Best N, Stevens GA, Danaei G, Ezzati M close, 2013, The contributions of risk factor trends to cardiometabolic mortality decline in 26 industrialized countries, International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol:42, ISSN:0300-5771, Pages:838-848

Di Cesare M, Khang Y-H, Asaria P, et al.Di Cesare M, Khang Y-H, Asaria P, Blakely T, Cowan MJ, Farzadfar F, Guerrero R, Ikeda N, Kyobutungi C, Msyamboza KP, Oum S, Lynch JW, Marmot MG, Ezzati M close, 2013, Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses, The Lancet, Vol:381, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:585-597

Murphy M, Di Cesare M, 2012, Use of an age-period-cohort model to reveal the impact of cigarette smoking on trends in Twentieth-century adult cohort mortality in England and Wales, Population Studies-a Journal of Demography, Vol:66, ISSN:0032-4728, Pages:259-277

Di Cesare M, Murphy M, 2010, Forecasting mortality, different approaches for different causes of death? The cases of lung cancer; influenza, pneumonia, and bronchitis; and motor vehicle accidents, British Actuarial Journal, Vol:15 (Supplement), Pages:185-211

Coppola L, Di Cesare M, 2008, How fertility and union stability interact in shaping new family patterns in Italy and Spain, Demographic Research, Vol:18, ISSN:1435-9871, Pages:117-144

Di Cesare M, 2008, An application of Boolean Analysis for the study of transition from traditional to non-traditional family and reproductive behaviors: the case of India, Genus, Vol:LXIV, Pages:137-154

Pinnelli A, Di Cesare M, 2005, Human fertility: sociodemographic aspects, Contraception, Vol:72, ISSN:0010-7824, Pages:303-307

Chapters

Di Cesare M, Murphy M, 2012, Historical trends of mortality and its implications for health policies in England and. Wales: the cause-of-death approach, The Lse Companion to Health Policy, Editor(s): McGuire, Costa-font, Pages:283-296, ISBN:9781781004234

De Rose A, Di Cesare M, 2007, Gender patterns in the dissolution of first union, Genders in the life course, Editor(s): Pinnelli, Racioppi, Rettaroli, Springer Verlag, ISBN:9781402060014

Reports

Di Cesare M, 2011, El perfil epidemiológico de América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos, límites y acciones, Documento de proyecto, LC/W.395, Santiago, Chile

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