Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica has been steadily increasing over the past decade and is now a significant health issue. This paper focuses on the trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica from 2000 to 2016. Overweight and obesity prevalence in adults increase...

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Autores principales: Chambers, Kevoyne H, Reid, Rysheme M, Samuels, Shania C, Cranston, Sashana S, Barnes, Orbin, Palmer, Orlando D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10016753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36938295
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34907
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author Chambers, Kevoyne H
Reid, Rysheme M
Samuels, Shania C
Cranston, Sashana S
Barnes, Orbin
Palmer, Orlando D
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description The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica has been steadily increasing over the past decade and is now a significant health issue. This paper focuses on the trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica from 2000 to 2016. Overweight and obesity prevalence in adults increased from 43.8% in 2000 to 55.5% in 2016, from 34.2% in 2000 to 47.4% in 2016in adult males, and from 53.0% in 2000 to 63.6% in 2016 in adult females. In children/adolescents aged 10 to 19 years, the prevalence of obesity has doubled between 2000 and 2016. The data shows that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children/adolescents increased from 5% in 2000 to 11.4% in 2016, from 4.4% in 2000 to 11.0% in 2016 in boys, and from 5.5% in 2000 to 11.9% in 2016 in girls.
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spelling pubmed-100167532023-03-16 Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016 Chambers, Kevoyne H Reid, Rysheme M Samuels, Shania C Cranston, Sashana S Barnes, Orbin Palmer, Orlando D Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica has been steadily increasing over the past decade and is now a significant health issue. This paper focuses on the trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica from 2000 to 2016. Overweight and obesity prevalence in adults increased from 43.8% in 2000 to 55.5% in 2016, from 34.2% in 2000 to 47.4% in 2016in adult males, and from 53.0% in 2000 to 63.6% in 2016 in adult females. In children/adolescents aged 10 to 19 years, the prevalence of obesity has doubled between 2000 and 2016. The data shows that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children/adolescents increased from 5% in 2000 to 11.4% in 2016, from 4.4% in 2000 to 11.0% in 2016 in boys, and from 5.5% in 2000 to 11.9% in 2016 in girls. Cureus 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10016753/ /pubmed/36938295 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34907 Text en Copyright © 2023, Chambers et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016
title Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016
title_full Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016
title_fullStr Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016
title_short Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016
title_sort prevalence of overweight and obesity in jamaica from 2000 to 2016
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10016753/
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