Heterogeneity in Obesity Prevalence Among Asian American Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity increases the risk for metabolic and cardiovascular disease, and this risk occurs at lower body mass index (BMI) thresholds in Asian adults than in White adults. The degree to which obesity prevalence varies across heterogeneous Asian American subgroups is unclear because most obesity estimates combine all Asian Americans into a single group.

Objective

To quantify obesity prevalence in Asian American subgroups among U.S. adults using both standard BMI categorizations and categorizations tailored to Asian populations.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

United States, 2013 to 2020.

Participants

The analytic sample included 2 882 158 adults aged 18 years or older in the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys (2013 to 2020).

SUBMITTER: Shah NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10323861 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature