Trends in the Prevalence of Metabolically Healthy Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Improved understanding of trends in the proportion of individuals with metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) may facilitate stratification and management of obesity and inform policy efforts.

Objectives

To characterize trends in the prevalence of MHO among US adults with obesity, overall and by sociodemographic subgroups.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study included 20 430 adult participants from 10 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles between 1999-2000 and 2017-2018. The NHANES is a series of cross-sectional and nationally representative surveys of the US population conducted continuously in 2-year cycles. Data were analyzed from November 2021 to August 2022.

Exposures

National Health and Nutrition Examinati

SUBMITTER: Wang JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9999245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature