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Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey

BACKGROUND: There is consistent evidence that obesity is a correlate of mortality. Less information is available about the relation between body weight and the prevalence of diseases. We investigated the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their relationship with 14 groups of chronic diseases i...

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Autores principales: Calza, Stefano, Decarli, Adriano, Ferraroni, Monica
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18442368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-140
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author Calza, Stefano
Decarli, Adriano
Ferraroni, Monica
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description BACKGROUND: There is consistent evidence that obesity is a correlate of mortality. Less information is available about the relation between body weight and the prevalence of diseases. We investigated the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their relationship with 14 groups of chronic diseases in a Mediterranean population using data from the Italian National Survey collected in 1999–2000. METHODS: A sample of 52,300 families was randomly selected using a complex stratified multistage design, within strata of geographical areas, municipalities, and household sizes, to produce estimates representative of the whole Italian population. Data were collected by civil servants both with an interview and a self-reported questionnaire. RESULTS: The present study documents an increase in the prevalence of overweight among Italian adults in the last decades and an increased prevalence of several chronic conditions in obese or overweight individuals. A general pattern of a positive association between excess weight and chronic disease was observed for both sexes. The ratio of the prevalences of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases was higher in obese versus normal-weight individuals in the age group under 45 years. CONCLUSION: To reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases a policy promoting a healthier individual lifestyle is becoming more and more desirable.
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spelling pubmed-23864702008-05-16 Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey Calza, Stefano Decarli, Adriano Ferraroni, Monica BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: There is consistent evidence that obesity is a correlate of mortality. Less information is available about the relation between body weight and the prevalence of diseases. We investigated the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their relationship with 14 groups of chronic diseases in a Mediterranean population using data from the Italian National Survey collected in 1999–2000. METHODS: A sample of 52,300 families was randomly selected using a complex stratified multistage design, within strata of geographical areas, municipalities, and household sizes, to produce estimates representative of the whole Italian population. Data were collected by civil servants both with an interview and a self-reported questionnaire. RESULTS: The present study documents an increase in the prevalence of overweight among Italian adults in the last decades and an increased prevalence of several chronic conditions in obese or overweight individuals. A general pattern of a positive association between excess weight and chronic disease was observed for both sexes. The ratio of the prevalences of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases was higher in obese versus normal-weight individuals in the age group under 45 years. CONCLUSION: To reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases a policy promoting a healthier individual lifestyle is becoming more and more desirable. BioMed Central 2008-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2386470/ /pubmed/18442368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-140 Text en Copyright © 2008 Calza et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Calza, Stefano
Decarli, Adriano
Ferraroni, Monica
Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
title Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
title_full Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
title_fullStr Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
title_full_unstemmed Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
title_short Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
title_sort obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 italian national health survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18442368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-140
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