2026-04-29T04:09:52Zhttps://repisalud.isciii.es/rest/oai/requestoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/201202024-11-29T06:20:57Zcom_20.500.12105_15322com_20.500.12105_2051col_20.500.12105_16967
Repisalud
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Coll, Josep L
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Bibiloni Esteva, Maria Del Mar
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Salas, Rogelio
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Pons, Antoni
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Tur, Josep A
2024-07-04T12:55:02Z
2024-07-04T12:55:02Z
2015-06
Coll JL, Bibiloni Esteva MM, Salas R, Pons A, Tur J. Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among the Adult Population in the Balearic Islands, a Mediterranean Region. Obes Facts. 2015 Jun;8(3):220-33. Epub 2015 Jun 19.
1662-4025
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/17315
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20120
26159577
10.1159/000435826
1662-4033
Obesity Facts
2-s2.0-84937413589
357860800006
L605282199
Objective: To assess the prevalence and risk factors of overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) by BMI and abdominal obesity (AO) by waist-to-height ratio, (WHtR) among the Balearic Islands' adult population. Methods: Cross-sectional nutritional survey carried out in the Balearic Islands (2009-2010). A random sample (n = 1,081) of young (18-35 years) and middle-aged adults (36-55 years) were interviewed and anthropometrically measured. OW (BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m(2)) and OB (BMI = 30 kg/m(2)) were defined according to WHO criteria. AO was defined as WHtR = 0.5. Socio-economic and lifestyle determinants were considered. Results: The overall prevalence of OW/OB and AO was 29.4% (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 26.9-32.3%), 11.2% (95% CI 9.5-13.2%) and 33.1% (95% CI 30.4-36.0%), respectively. Men showed higher prevalence of OW (35.9%, 95% CI 31.6-40.5%) and AO (37.9%, 95% CI 33.6-42.5%) than women (OW 24.9%, 95% CI 21.7-28.4%; AO 29.7%, 95% CI 26.2-33.4%). Overall prevalence of OB was 11.8% (95% CI 9.1-15.1%) in men and 10.8% (95% CI 8.6-13.5%) in women. Age and no leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) were main risk factors associated with OW/OB and AO. Living with at least one child at home and to be married in men as well as to be unemployed, to be born in South America, and a low level of education in women were associated with AO. Conclusions : Men showed higher prevalence of OW and AO than women. In both sexes, age is the main risk factor associated with OW/OB and AO; in men also the absence of LTPA plays a significant role.
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Overweight
Obesity
Abdominal obesity
Adults
Balearic Islands
Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among the Adult Population in the Balearic Islands, a Mediterranean Region
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