Body mass index and prevalence of obesity changes among Kuwaitis.
Objectives: To compare temporal changes in BMI, overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) between two periods, among adult Kuwaitis.Design: Comparison of two independent cross-sectional samples of Kuwaitis studied in 1980-81 and 1993-94.Subjects: 2067 (896 men and 1171 women) and 3435...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 51; no. 11; pp. 743 - 750 |
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Springer Nature
Nov1997
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104795993&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104795993 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09543007 EUC jtl: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition issn: 09543007 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov1997 vid: 51 iid: 11 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104795993 9711163842 NLM9368808 2011155541 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600476 NLM9368808 104795993 ppf: 743 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Body mass index and prevalence of obesity changes among Kuwaitis. aug: au: al-Isa, A N affil: Department of Community Medicine & Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait. sug: subj: Body Mass Index Obesity Epidemiology Adolescence Adult Demography Cross Sectional Studies Educational Status Female Human Kuwait Male Middle Age Prevalence Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Objectives: To compare temporal changes in BMI, overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) between two periods, among adult Kuwaitis.Design: Comparison of two independent cross-sectional samples of Kuwaitis studied in 1980-81 and 1993-94.Subjects: 2067 (896 men and 1171 women) and 3435 (1730 men and 1705 women) adult Kuwaitis (aged > or = 18 y), drawn from primary health care (PHC) clinics and studied for nutritional assessment and for prevalence of obesity in 1980-81 and 1993-94, respectively.Measurements: Weight was measured in kilograms and height in meters to obtain the body mass index (BMI), which is the weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared (kg/m2). BMI > 25 and > 30 kg/m2 were classified as overweight and obesity, respectively.Results: Mean BMI (kg/m2) increased significantly (P < 0.001) by 10.0 and 6.2% (2.5 and 1.7 kg/m2) among men and women, respectively. Prevalence of overweight and obesity (BMI > 25 and > 30 kg/m2) increased by 20.6 and 15.4% and by 13.7 and 8.4% among men and women, respectively. After controlling for sociodemographic differences between the two study periods, mean BMI was 2.0 and 1.6 kg/m2 higher in 1993-94 than in 1980-81 among men and women, respectively. Prevalence of overweight and obesity (BMI > 25 and > 30 kg/m2) also increased among both genders between the two periods (OR = 2.1, 95% CI 1.7-2.7 and OR = 1.9, 95% CI 1.5-2.4, for men and OR = 2.2, 95% CI 1.6-3.0 and OR = 1.4, 95% CI-1.0-1.9, for women).Conclusions: BMI, prevalence of overweight and obesity increased among Kuwaitis between 1980-81 and 1993-94, probably due to the effects of modernization, affluence, increased food consumption and the concomitant changes to sedentary lifestyles. The rate of temporal changes in BMI and obesity were higher, by comparison, in Kuwait than in selected other countries. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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