Changes in adult obesity prevalence in Denmark, 1987-2021: age-period-cohort analysis of nationally representative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the last decades, the prevalence of obesity [body mass index (BMI): weight/height2), ≥30.00 kg/m2] among adults has increased considerably. We examined whether this increase in a high-income, welfare state, like Denmark was driven by age, period or cohort effects, which would inform preventive strategies aiming at reducing the prevalence.

Methods

We used data from the National Representative Health and Morbidity Studies, which are representative surveys of the Danish adult population (age 16 years and above), conducted in 1987, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 (N = 91 684). Participants reported height and weight, from which BMI was calculated after correction for systematic bias in self-reported data and non-response. Age, survey year and birth

SUBMITTER: Schramm S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234665 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature