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Trends of obesity and abdominal obesity in Tehranian adults (1999-2008)
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Maryam Barzin   , Farhad Hosseinpanah * , Soraya Arzhan , Fereidoun Azizi |
| Associate Professor, Obesity Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , fhospanah@endocrine.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (9498 Views) |
Background: Considering the increasing trend of obesity reported in current data, this study was
conducted to examine trends of obesity and abdominal obesity among Tehranian adults during a
median follow-up of 6.6 years.
Methods: Height and weight of 4402 adults, aged 20 years and over, participants of the Tehran
Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS), were measured in 1999-2001(phase I) and again in 2002-
2005(phase II) and 2006-2008 (phase III). Criteria used for obesity and abdominal obesity defined
body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 and waist circumference ≥ 94/80 cm for men/women respectively.
Subjects were divided into10-year groups and the prevalence of obesity was compared across sex
and age groups.
Results: The prevalence of obesity was 15.8, 18.6 and 21% in men and 31.5, 37.7 and 38.6% in
women in phases I, II and III respectively (p < 0.001). The prevalence of abdominal obesity in men
was 36.5, 57.2 and 63.3% and in women was 76.7, 83.8 and 83.6% in the three periods mentioned
(p < 0.001). Men aged between 20-29 years had highest increase rates of obesity and abdominal
obesity in phase III in comparison with phase I (with a respective rates of 2.2- and 3.3-fold). In both
sexes, an increased trend was observed between phases I and II, whereas between phases II and III,
this trend was observed in men, but not in women.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates alarming rises in the prevalences of both obesity and
abdominal obesity in both sexes especially in young men, calling for urgent action to educate people
in lifestyle modifications. |
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| Keywords: Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal, Trend, Adult, Tehran |
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Type of Study: Original |
Subject:
Medicine
Received: 2017 | Accepted: 2017 | Published: 2017
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