Epidemiology of Obesity in Adults: Latest Trends.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

An increasing trend in obesity prevalence since the early 1980s has posed a significant population health burden across the globe. We conducted a systematic review for studies using measured anthropometry to examine trends in obesity in the USA published from 2012 to 2018 and for systematic reviews to document trends in obesity across the globe published from 2014 to 2018.

Recent findings

For the USA, the only nationally representative data source capturing trends in obesity in this period was the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which uses repeated cross-sectional data to document national trends in obesity in the USA. For global trends, the only systematic reviews of obesity across the globe were the Global Burden of Disease Obesity study

SUBMITTER: Inoue Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215729 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature