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The role of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight in Switzerland

OBJECT: Excess weight (Body Mass Index [BMI] ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) is a major health issue worldwide, including in Switzerland. For high‐income countries, little attention has been paid to body height in context of excess weight. The aim of this study is to assess the importance of body height as a co‐fact...

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Autores principales: Rickenbacher, Marc, Gültekin, Nejla, Stanga, Zeno, Bender, Nicole, Staub, Kaspar, Wells, Jonathan C., Matthes, Katarina L., Reber, Emile
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35488790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23754
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author Rickenbacher, Marc
Gültekin, Nejla
Stanga, Zeno
Bender, Nicole
Staub, Kaspar
Wells, Jonathan C.
Matthes, Katarina L.
Reber, Emile
author_facet Rickenbacher, Marc
Gültekin, Nejla
Stanga, Zeno
Bender, Nicole
Staub, Kaspar
Wells, Jonathan C.
Matthes, Katarina L.
Reber, Emile
author_sort Rickenbacher, Marc
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description OBJECT: Excess weight (Body Mass Index [BMI] ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) is a major health issue worldwide, including in Switzerland. For high‐income countries, little attention has been paid to body height in context of excess weight. The aim of this study is to assess the importance of body height as a co‐factor for excess weight in multiple large nationwide data sets. DATA AND METHODS: In this comparative study, we included the largest nationwide and population‐based studies in the fields of public health, nutrition and economics for Switzerland, as well as data of the medical examination during conscription for the Swiss Armed Forces, which contained information on BMI and, if possible, waist‐to‐height‐ratio (WHtR) and waist‐to‐hip‐ratio (WHR). RESULTS: The multinomial logistic regressions show that the probability of belonging to the excess weight category (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) decreased with increasing height in both sexes inall contemporary data sets. This negative association was shown to be constant, only among conscripts measured in the 1870s the association was positive, when increasing height was associated with a higher BMI. The negative association not only emerge in BMI, but also in WHtR and WHR. CONCLUSION: Our results emphasize the importance of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight, suggesting a clear negative association between height and BMI, WHtR and WHR. Evidence indicates that both early‐life environmental exposures and alleles associated with height may contribute to these associations. This knowledge could serve as further starting points for prevention programs in the field of public health.
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spelling pubmed-95415252022-10-14 The role of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight in Switzerland Rickenbacher, Marc Gültekin, Nejla Stanga, Zeno Bender, Nicole Staub, Kaspar Wells, Jonathan C. Matthes, Katarina L. Reber, Emile Am J Hum Biol Original Articles OBJECT: Excess weight (Body Mass Index [BMI] ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) is a major health issue worldwide, including in Switzerland. For high‐income countries, little attention has been paid to body height in context of excess weight. The aim of this study is to assess the importance of body height as a co‐factor for excess weight in multiple large nationwide data sets. DATA AND METHODS: In this comparative study, we included the largest nationwide and population‐based studies in the fields of public health, nutrition and economics for Switzerland, as well as data of the medical examination during conscription for the Swiss Armed Forces, which contained information on BMI and, if possible, waist‐to‐height‐ratio (WHtR) and waist‐to‐hip‐ratio (WHR). RESULTS: The multinomial logistic regressions show that the probability of belonging to the excess weight category (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) decreased with increasing height in both sexes inall contemporary data sets. This negative association was shown to be constant, only among conscripts measured in the 1870s the association was positive, when increasing height was associated with a higher BMI. The negative association not only emerge in BMI, but also in WHtR and WHR. CONCLUSION: Our results emphasize the importance of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight, suggesting a clear negative association between height and BMI, WHtR and WHR. Evidence indicates that both early‐life environmental exposures and alleles associated with height may contribute to these associations. This knowledge could serve as further starting points for prevention programs in the field of public health. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-04-30 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9541525/ /pubmed/35488790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23754 Text en © 2022 The Authors. American Journal of Human Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rickenbacher, Marc
Gültekin, Nejla
Stanga, Zeno
Bender, Nicole
Staub, Kaspar
Wells, Jonathan C.
Matthes, Katarina L.
Reber, Emile
The role of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight in Switzerland
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title_short The role of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight in Switzerland
title_sort role of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight in switzerland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35488790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23754
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