Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity in the older adult population of Spain (2000-2010)
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UAM. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública y MicrobiologíaPublisher
KargerDate
2013-03-01Citation
10.1159/000348493
Obesity Facts 6.1 (2013): 1-8
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1662-4025 (print); 1662-4033 (online)DOI
10.1159/000348493Funded by
This work has been supported by FIS grant PI09–1626 and by ‘Cátedra UAM de Epidemiología y Control del Riesgo Cardiovascular’Subjects
Abdominal obesity; Elderly; Obesity; Prevalence; Spain; MedicinaRights
© 2013 S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg
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Abstract
Objective: This work examines the trend in obesity and abdominal obesity in the Spanish population aged 60 years and over during the first decade of the 21st century. Methods: We analyze data from a representative study of the Spanish population aged 60 years and older conducted in 2000-2001 and from the Study on Nutrition and Cardiovascular Risk in Spain (ENRICA) conducted in 2008-2010. Results: In men, the distribution of BMI did not vary in the period 2000-2010. In contrast, in women there was a reduction in both mean BMI - from 29.3 to 28.8 kg/m2 - and the prevalence of obesity - from 40.8 to 36.3%. This decline was greatest in women aged 60-69 years. In men, no significant changes were observed in mean waist circumference (WC) or in the prevalence of abdominal obesity. In contrast, WC decreased by 3.6 cm and abdominal obesity prevalence by 12.7% in women. The decline was greatest in women aged 60-69 years, in whom mean WC decreased by 5.1 cm and abdominal obesity prevalence by 18.6%. Conclusion: These findings show that the frequency of obesity has begun to decline in Spanish women aged 60 and over. The causes of this decline are unclear
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Google Scholar:Gutiérrez-Fisac, Juan Luis
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León-Muñoz, Luz María
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Regidor, Enrique
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Banegas Banegas, José Ramón
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Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando
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