米国成人の肥満の流行と傾向,1999-2008年
Katherine M Flegal1, Margaret D Carroll, Cynthia L Ogden
1National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Rd, Room 4315, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA. kmf2@cdc.gov
JAMA
|January 15, 2010
まとめ
米国成人の肥満の罹患率は,2007~2008年に33.8%でした. 肥満の傾向は以前は増加していたが,特に女性の場合は減速しているようだ.
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背景:
- 米国における肥満の流行は,数十年にわたって一貫した上昇傾向を示しています.
- 以前のデータは,1976年から2000年の間に肥満率の有意な増加を示していた.
研究 の 目的:
- 1999年から2008年にかけての米国成人の肥満と肥満傾向を分析する.
- 2007~2008年の現在の肥満と過体重の有病率を決定する.
主な方法:
- 2007~2008年の国家健康栄養調査 (NHANES) の20歳以上の成人男女5555人のデータを活用した.
- 2007~2008年のNHANESデータと1999~2006年の調査結果を比較した.
- 体重過多は,体重指数 (BMI) 25.0-29.9で,肥満は体重指数 (BMI) ≥30.0で定義される.
主要な成果:
- 2007年から2008年にかけて,年齢調整された肥満の罹患率は全体で33.8% (男性32.2%,女性35.5%) でした.
- 過剰体重と肥満 (BMI ≥25) の組み合わせは,成人の68.0%に影響しました.
- 肥満の流行は,この10年間で女性では有意な傾向を示さなかったが,男性では有意な線形的な傾向を示したが,最近のデータは安定を示した.
結論:
- 2007~2008年の肥満の流行率は,男性では32.2%,女性では35.5%で高いままでした.
- 以前の年に観察された肥満の流行率の急速な増加は,特に女性の場合は減速している可能性があります.
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