Trends and Disparities in Adult Body Mass Index Across the 47 Prefectures of Japan, 1975–2018: A Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis of National Household Surveys

Trends and Disparities in Adult Body Mass Index Across the 47 Prefectures of Japan, 1975–2018: A Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis of National Household Surveys

BackgroundAmong high-income countries, Japan has a low prevalence of obesity, but little is understood about subnational trends and variations in body mass index (BMI), largely owing to the lack of data from representative samples of prefectures. We aimed to examine long-term trends and distribution...

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Main Authors: Nayu Ikeda, Tomoki Nakaya, James Bennett, Majid Ezzati, Nobuo Nishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
body mass index
prefectures
Japan
Bayesian spatiotemporal model
National Health and Nutrition Survey
obesity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.830578/full

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