Obesity prevalence among elderly people using different measurement methods: A population-based study
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: To estimate obesity prevalence among elderly people using different measurement methods. A crosssectional population-based study was conducted to assess elderly people from September 2010 to May2011. Obesity prevalence was assessed using different criteria for body mass index (BMI), as proposed bythe World Health Organization (WHO), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANESIII), and by Lipschitz. Central obesity was assessed by using the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waistcircumference (WC). Obesity prevalence varied in men and women according to the different criteria: 24.5%and 45.1% (WHO); 31.6% and 54.9% (Lipschitz); 44.5% and 68.4% (NHANES III), respectively. WCmeasurement showed that 26.8% of men and 70.3% of women suffered from central obesity. WHR showedthat the prevalence of central obesity was 50.8% in women and 23.9% in men. Obesity criteria and centralobesity were positively associated (p<0.001). The prevalence of obesity was high, especially amongwomen.
Institution: Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2289583641