Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010)
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 fro...
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| author | Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Fisac Luz M. León-Muñoz Enrique Regidor JoséR. Banegas Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo |
| author_facet | Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Fisac Luz M. León-Muñoz Enrique Regidor JoséR. Banegas Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-15e0bc75f1c94a9ab0d0da1e2e3359672022-12-21T19:28:31ZengKarger PublishersObesity Facts1662-40251662-40332013-02-01611810.1159/000348493348493Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010)Juan Luis Gutiérrez-FisacLuz M. León-MuñozEnrique RegidorJoséR. BanegasFernando Rodríguez-ArtalejoObjective: 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.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/348493SpainElderlyObesityAbdominal obesityPrevalence |
| spellingShingle | Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Fisac Luz M. León-Muñoz Enrique Regidor JoséR. Banegas Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010) Obesity Facts Spain Elderly Obesity Abdominal obesity Prevalence |
| title | Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010) |
| title_full | Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010) |
| title_fullStr | Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010) |
| title_short | Trends in Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in the Older Adult Population of Spain (2000-2010) |
| title_sort | trends in obesity and abdominal obesity in the older adult population of spain 2000 2010 |
| topic | Spain Elderly Obesity Abdominal obesity Prevalence |
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