Trends in BMI of Indonesian adults between 1993 and 2014: a longitudinal population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the trajectories of BMI in Indonesian adults from 1993 to 2014, investigating different patterns by sex and birth cohort.

Design

Longitudinal study: secondary data analysis of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, a large-scale population-based longitudinal study, had their height and weight measured up to five times throughout the 21-year study period (1993-2014). The change in BMI across time was estimated using group-based trajectory models, then differences by sex and birth cohort were investigated using random effect (mixed) models.

Setting

Thirteen out of twenty-seven provinces in Indonesia.

Participants

Indonesian adults aged 19 years and older (n 42 537) were included in the analysis.

Results

Mean BMI in adults increased

SUBMITTER: Widyastuti TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10346025 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature