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Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study

To effectively tackle obesity, it is necessary to identify all specific socioeconomic factors which contribute to its development. We aimed to highlight the prevalence of adult overweight/obesity in European countries and investigate the association of various socioeconomic factors and their accumul...

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Autores principales: Diamantis, Dimitrios V., Karatzi, Kalliopi, Kantaras, Paris, Liatis, Stavros, Iotova, Violeta, Bazdraska, Yulia, Tankova, Tsvetalina, Cardon, Greet, Wikström, Katja, Rurik, Imre, Antal, Emese, Ayala-Marín, Alelí M., Legarre, Natalia Giménez, Makrilakis, Konstantinos, Manios, Yannis
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912572
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author Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
Karatzi, Kalliopi
Kantaras, Paris
Liatis, Stavros
Iotova, Violeta
Bazdraska, Yulia
Tankova, Tsvetalina
Cardon, Greet
Wikström, Katja
Rurik, Imre
Antal, Emese
Ayala-Marín, Alelí M.
Legarre, Natalia Giménez
Makrilakis, Konstantinos
Manios, Yannis
author_facet Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
Karatzi, Kalliopi
Kantaras, Paris
Liatis, Stavros
Iotova, Violeta
Bazdraska, Yulia
Tankova, Tsvetalina
Cardon, Greet
Wikström, Katja
Rurik, Imre
Antal, Emese
Ayala-Marín, Alelí M.
Legarre, Natalia Giménez
Makrilakis, Konstantinos
Manios, Yannis
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description To effectively tackle obesity, it is necessary to identify all specific socioeconomic factors which contribute to its development. We aimed to highlight the prevalence of adult overweight/obesity in European countries and investigate the association of various socioeconomic factors and their accumulative effect on overweight/obesity status. Cross-sectional data from the Feel4Diabetes study for 24,562 adults residing in low socioeconomic areas were collected, representing Belgium, Finland, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Socioeconomic Burden Score (SEBS) was created, accounting for unemployment, financial insecurity, and education ≤ 12 years. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and logistic regression. In total, 19,063 adults with complete data were included (34.5% overweight and 15.8% obese). The highest overweight/obesity rates occurred in Greece (37.5%/17.8%) and Hungary (35.4%/19.7%). After adjusting for confounders, age of <45 years and female sex were inversely associated with overweight/obesity, while low educational level (≤12 years), unemployment, and financial insecurity were positively associated. The increase in SEBS (clustering of socioeconomic disadvantages) was associated with increased overweight/obesity likelihood. This association of SEBS scores with overweight/obesity was evident for males and females across all examined countries, excluding males in low-income countries (Bulgaria and Hungary), where the highest SEBS score was inversely associated with overweight/obesity. The clustering burden of socioeconomic disadvantages on overweight/obesity was found to be influenced by the countries’ economic state and sex.
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spelling pubmed-95662412022-10-15 Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study Diamantis, Dimitrios V. Karatzi, Kalliopi Kantaras, Paris Liatis, Stavros Iotova, Violeta Bazdraska, Yulia Tankova, Tsvetalina Cardon, Greet Wikström, Katja Rurik, Imre Antal, Emese Ayala-Marín, Alelí M. Legarre, Natalia Giménez Makrilakis, Konstantinos Manios, Yannis Int J Environ Res Public Health Article To effectively tackle obesity, it is necessary to identify all specific socioeconomic factors which contribute to its development. We aimed to highlight the prevalence of adult overweight/obesity in European countries and investigate the association of various socioeconomic factors and their accumulative effect on overweight/obesity status. Cross-sectional data from the Feel4Diabetes study for 24,562 adults residing in low socioeconomic areas were collected, representing Belgium, Finland, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Socioeconomic Burden Score (SEBS) was created, accounting for unemployment, financial insecurity, and education ≤ 12 years. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and logistic regression. In total, 19,063 adults with complete data were included (34.5% overweight and 15.8% obese). The highest overweight/obesity rates occurred in Greece (37.5%/17.8%) and Hungary (35.4%/19.7%). After adjusting for confounders, age of <45 years and female sex were inversely associated with overweight/obesity, while low educational level (≤12 years), unemployment, and financial insecurity were positively associated. The increase in SEBS (clustering of socioeconomic disadvantages) was associated with increased overweight/obesity likelihood. This association of SEBS scores with overweight/obesity was evident for males and females across all examined countries, excluding males in low-income countries (Bulgaria and Hungary), where the highest SEBS score was inversely associated with overweight/obesity. The clustering burden of socioeconomic disadvantages on overweight/obesity was found to be influenced by the countries’ economic state and sex. MDPI 2022-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9566241/ /pubmed/36231871 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912572 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
Karatzi, Kalliopi
Kantaras, Paris
Liatis, Stavros
Iotova, Violeta
Bazdraska, Yulia
Tankova, Tsvetalina
Cardon, Greet
Wikström, Katja
Rurik, Imre
Antal, Emese
Ayala-Marín, Alelí M.
Legarre, Natalia Giménez
Makrilakis, Konstantinos
Manios, Yannis
Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study
title Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study
title_full Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study
title_fullStr Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study
title_short Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study
title_sort prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of adult obesity in europe: the feel4diabetes study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912572
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