An age-period-cohort approach to studying long-term trends in obesity and overweight in England (1992-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to understand long-term trends in obesity and overweight in England by estimating life-course transitions as well as historical and birth cohort trends for both children and adults.

Methods

Data on individuals aged 5 to 85 years old from the Health Survey for England were used, covering the period 1992 to 2019 and birth cohorts born between 1909 and 2013. Individual BMI values were classified as healthy weight, overweight, or obesity. Trends were compared, and an age-period-cohort model was estimated using logistic regression and categorical age, period, and cohort groups.

Results

There was significant variation in age trajectories by birth cohorts for healthy weight and obesity prevalence. The odds of having obesity compared with a healthy w

SUBMITTER: Opazo Breton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature