Contribution of economic and nutritional context to overweight/obesity dynamics in Indian women from 1998 to 2016: a multilevel analysis of national survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overweight/obesity increased dramatically among Indian women since 2000. We evaluated the independent contributions of economic and nutrition context to the changing distribution of overweight/obesity among women from 1998 to 2016 across India.

Methods

Individual-level data from 473 912 ever married Indian women aged 18-49 in the National Family Health Surveys (1998-1999, 2005-2006, 2015-2016) were merged with year-matched state-level economic and nutrition context indicators. Cross-classified generalised linear mixed models were estimated to quantify associations of contextual characteristics with overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m²) across survey rounds.

Results

Between 1998 and 2016, age-standardised prevalence of overweight/obesity

SUBMITTER: Baby J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature