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Prevalence of overweight in Bolivia: data on women and adolescents
Author(s) -
PérezCueto F. J. A.,
Botti A. Bayá,
Verbeke W.
Publication year - 2009
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.2009.00575.x
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , body mass index , environmental health , public health , medicine , cross sectional study , demography , index (typography) , gerontology , endocrinology , nursing , pathology , sociology , world wide web , computer science
Summary Secondary analysis of Bolivian Demographic and Health Surveys 1994, 1998 and 2003 revealed a steady raising trend in levels of overweight and obesity among women in childbearing age (20–45 years), reaching 30% and 15% respectively in 2003. Adolescents' cross‐sectional data suggest that overweight and obesity are mainly found in urban areas. Applying the Bolivian body mass index‐for‐age reference, obesity reached 5% in adolescents, while overweight affects 14% of adolescents. This overview highlights the importance of including the prevention of weight gain among the public health nutrition policies in Bolivia.