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Prevalence and trends in obesity among Austrian conscripts from 1983 to 2017

This article describes the recent prevalence and trend in weight status in young men over three and half decades among Austrian conscripts overall and by subgroups defined by education and smoking behavior. We extracted medical record data from six medical examination stations across the country of...

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Autores principales: Yang, Lin, Juan, Alfred, Waldhoer, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10338400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34533634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-021-01941-9
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description This article describes the recent prevalence and trend in weight status in young men over three and half decades among Austrian conscripts overall and by subgroups defined by education and smoking behavior. We extracted medical record data from six medical examination stations across the country of all Austrian military conscripts (aged 17–19 years) recruited between 1983 and 2017 (n = 1.5 million). Weight and height were measured to calculate body mass index (BMI). Mean BMI increased from 22.7 to 24.3 kg/m(2) between 1983 and 2017. Over time, the prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2)) increased from 1.6% (95% CI 1.6–1.7%) to 8.2% (95% CI 8.1–8.3%). The prevalence of obesity among Austrian young men increased remarkably in the past 35 years. Higher levels of education appeared to be associated with lower prevalence of obesity, particularly among the non-smokers.
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spelling pubmed-103384002023-07-14 Prevalence and trends in obesity among Austrian conscripts from 1983 to 2017 Yang, Lin Juan, Alfred Waldhoer, Thomas Wien Klin Wochenschr Original Article This article describes the recent prevalence and trend in weight status in young men over three and half decades among Austrian conscripts overall and by subgroups defined by education and smoking behavior. We extracted medical record data from six medical examination stations across the country of all Austrian military conscripts (aged 17–19 years) recruited between 1983 and 2017 (n = 1.5 million). Weight and height were measured to calculate body mass index (BMI). Mean BMI increased from 22.7 to 24.3 kg/m(2) between 1983 and 2017. Over time, the prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2)) increased from 1.6% (95% CI 1.6–1.7%) to 8.2% (95% CI 8.1–8.3%). The prevalence of obesity among Austrian young men increased remarkably in the past 35 years. Higher levels of education appeared to be associated with lower prevalence of obesity, particularly among the non-smokers. Springer Vienna 2021-09-17 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10338400/ /pubmed/34533634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-021-01941-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10338400/
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