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Global Trends, Dynamics and Correlates of Obesity: A 48‐country analysis of repeated surveys
Author(s) -
Ng Shu Wen,
Popkin Barry M
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.221.7
Subject(s) - overweight , east asia , per capita , geography , middle east , obesity , latin americans , china , demography , developing country , urbanization , trend analysis , socioeconomics , economic growth , population , medicine , political science , economics , archaeology , machine learning , sociology , law , computer science
This study looks at the global trends (changes in prevalence per year) of growth in overweight and obesity for adult women, and some of the associated macroeconomic factors. It uses repeated (3–5 per country) nationally representative surveys with directly measured BMI data from 48 countries, representing developing countries in Asia (East, South and South‐east), Middle East, Africa (North, West and East), Latin America(Central, South), Russia, and also developed countries of the UK, USA and Australia. We summarize these trends and examine acceleration in annualized prevalence using development indicators such as per capita GDP, female education attainment, equality and fertility measures. The prevalence of overweight and obesity have grown significantly in the past 20 years. In particular, developing nations have higher rates of increase compared to developed nations. These upward trends are especially steep in countries like Nicaragua, Peru, China and Indonesia, while prevalence levels are consistently high in developed nations and the Middle East. Levels of education, urbanization and GNP per capita differentially affect these trends across the globe.