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CORRECTION article

Front. Nutr.

Sec. Nutrition and Metabolism

Correction: Analysis of the burden of colorectal cancer attributable to high body mass index in 204 countries and regions worldwide from 1990 to 2021

Provisionally accepted
  • Department of Gastroenterology, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

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Correction on: Analysis of the burden of colorectal cancer attributable to high body mass index in 204 countries and regions worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1589250) Missing in-text citation [https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1473851; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.040] was not cited in the article. The citation has now been inserted in the section [4 Discussion] and should read: "[The findings of this study align with previous GBD analyses, confirming high BMI as a significant modifiable risk factor for CRC (10), while further elucidating its regional

Keywords: colorectal cancer, Global burden of disease, health inequality, high body mass index, socio-demographic index

Received: 17 Jan 2026; Accepted: 02 Feb 2026.

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* Correspondence: 兆峰 陈

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