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Prevalence of obesity in Israel
Author(s) -
Kaluski D. Nitzan,
Berry E. M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
obesity reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.845
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1467-789X
pISSN - 1467-7881
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2005.00168.x
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , judaism , demography , population , gerontology , environmental health , geography , sociology , archaeology
Summary Israel is a multiethnic society and offers an ongoing ‘experiment’ concerning the cultural determinants of obesity. The First Israeli National Health and Nutrition Survey 1999–2001 (MABAT) measured a representative population of 2782 adults (49% men) aged 25–64 years (mean 43 years); it showed a prevalence of overweight in 39.3% and obesity in 22.9%. Overweight is more common in men and obesity is more prevalent in women; the Israeli Arab population is more obese than the Jewish one.