eight new causes for GBD 2016, which together contributed to 442 750 (191 407–796 350) additional deaths beyond the causes that were included in GBD 2015. Additionally, we included childhood overweight and childhood obesity as new risk factors, allowing us to better capture the health effects of excess bodyweight across the life course. Within the CRA framework, the only childhood overweight and obesity outcome eligible for inclusion was asthma. We found that 10·4% (3·1–21·2) of asthma can be attributed to childhood excess bodyweight globally, a total of 1128 (311–2354) deaths and 642 532·1 (180 916·3 to 1 456 342·7) DALYs. While childhood burden is much smaller compared with adult burden, estimating exposure for children is crucially important in view of the well described effects of childhood overweight and obesity on adult health outcomes.
