title: The Authors Respond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MAChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MADepartments of Epidemiology & Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MAMRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United KingdomDepartment of Global Health and Population & Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, gdanaei@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Kaveh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hajifathalian
authors.forename: Eric B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Rimm
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ezzati
authors.forename: Goodarz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Danaei
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*