Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

• Verfasst von: El Bcheraoui, Charbel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jonas, Jost B. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mokdad, Ali [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Titelzusatz: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
• Verf.angabe: GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators
• Jahr: 2018
• Jahr des Originals: 2017
• Umfang: 12 S.
• Fussnoten: Published online: 3 August 2017 ; Gesehen am 14.05.2020 ; GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Adolescent Health Collaborators: C. El Bcheraoui, J.B. Jonas, A.H. Mokdad [und 100 weitere]
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International journal of public health
• Ort Quelle: [Lausanne] : Frontiers Media S.A., 2007
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 63(2018), Suppl 1, Seite 165-176
• ISSN Quelle: 1661-8564
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Adolescent
• Sach-SW: Adult
• Sach-SW: Aged
• Sach-SW: Body Mass Index
• Sach-SW: Burden of disease
• Sach-SW: Child
• Sach-SW: Child, Preschool
• Sach-SW: Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Sach-SW: Female
• Sach-SW: Global Burden of Disease
• Sach-SW: Humans
• Sach-SW: Male
• Sach-SW: Mediterranean Region
• Sach-SW: Middle Aged
• Sach-SW: Middle East
• Sach-SW: Obesity
• Sach-SW: Prevalence
• Sach-SW: Quality-Adjusted Life Years
• Sach-SW: Risk Assessment
• Sach-SW: Young Adult
• K10plus-PPN: 1698233876

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). - METHODS: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2-19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach. - RESULTS: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4-16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8-22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9-5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6-6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages. - CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.