A demographic, clinical, and behavioral typology of obesity in the United States: an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Public health reporting, randomized trials, and epidemiologic studies of obesity tend to consider it as a homogeneous entity. However, obesity may represent a heterogeneous condition according to demographic, clinical, and behavioral factors. We assessed the heterogeneity of individuals with obesity in the United States.

Methods

We analyzed data from the 2011-2012 wave of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States with detailed physical examination and clinical data (n = 1380). We used cluster analysis to identify subgroups classified as obese according to demographic factors, clinical conditions, and behavioral characteristics.

Results

We found significant heterogeneity among partici

SUBMITTER: Jimenez MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5986075 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature