Trends in Body Mass Index among Icelandic Adolescents and Young Adults from 1992 to 2007

Trends in body mass index (BMI) among 51,889 14- to 20-year-old Icelandic adolescents and young adults were examined using data from cross-sectional population surveys conducted from 1992 to 2007. Prevalence of overweight increased for both genders in all age groups, except for 14- and 20-year-old g...

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Autores principales: Eiđsdóttir, Sigríđur Þ., Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Sigfúsdóttir, Inga D., Garber, Carol E., Allegrante, John P.
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20623019
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7052191
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author Eiđsdóttir, Sigríđur Þ.
Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L.
Sigfúsdóttir, Inga D.
Garber, Carol E.
Allegrante, John P.
author_facet Eiđsdóttir, Sigríđur Þ.
Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L.
Sigfúsdóttir, Inga D.
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description Trends in body mass index (BMI) among 51,889 14- to 20-year-old Icelandic adolescents and young adults were examined using data from cross-sectional population surveys conducted from 1992 to 2007. Prevalence of overweight increased for both genders in all age groups, except for 14- and 20-year-old girls. Obesity prevalence increased among boys in all age groups, except for 16-year-olds, and among 15- and 20-year-old girls. The largest increase in obesity rates among both genders was found in the oldest age group. Moreover, not only has the prevalence of obesity increased, but also the extent of obesity has grown more severe among 15- and 17-year-olds boys and among girls in the oldest age group.
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spelling pubmed-28980442010-07-09 Trends in Body Mass Index among Icelandic Adolescents and Young Adults from 1992 to 2007 Eiđsdóttir, Sigríđur Þ. Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L. Sigfúsdóttir, Inga D. Garber, Carol E. Allegrante, John P. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Trends in body mass index (BMI) among 51,889 14- to 20-year-old Icelandic adolescents and young adults were examined using data from cross-sectional population surveys conducted from 1992 to 2007. Prevalence of overweight increased for both genders in all age groups, except for 14- and 20-year-old girls. Obesity prevalence increased among boys in all age groups, except for 16-year-olds, and among 15- and 20-year-old girls. The largest increase in obesity rates among both genders was found in the oldest age group. Moreover, not only has the prevalence of obesity increased, but also the extent of obesity has grown more severe among 15- and 17-year-olds boys and among girls in the oldest age group. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010-05-04 2010-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2898044/ /pubmed/20623019 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7052191 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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title_short Trends in Body Mass Index among Icelandic Adolescents and Young Adults from 1992 to 2007
title_sort trends in body mass index among icelandic adolescents and young adults from 1992 to 2007
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898044/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7052191
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