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BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces
The aim of this study was to assess body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight and obesity at entry and release of service at the German Armed Forces and related associations to service duration. In a cohort study, 85,076 paired BMI data sets (entry and release of service) of German sold...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673593 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020225 |
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author | Scheit, Lorenz End, Barbara Schröder, Jan Hoffmann, Manuela Andrea Reer, Rüdiger |
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description | The aim of this study was to assess body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight and obesity at entry and release of service at the German Armed Forces and related associations to service duration. In a cohort study, 85,076 paired BMI data sets (entry and release of service) of German soldiers (5.4% females) between 2010 to 2022 were analyzed retrospectively to assess BMI alterations and the prevalence of overweight (BMI ≥ 25) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30) after service durations of ≤2 years, 2–5 years, or ≥5 years. Between 2010 and 2022, we observed a trend for BMI increases of about 0.5 kg/m(2) (X(2) = 27.104, p = 0.007). BMI increases differed significantly (X(2) = 7622.858, p < 0.001) after ≤2 years (0.0 kg/m(2)), after 2–5 years (1.1 kg/m(2)), and after ≥5 years (2.4 kg/m(2)) and were correlated to service duration (r = 0.34, p < 0.001). The prevalence of overweight increased from 33.0% to 39.5%. Obesity prevalence increased from 3.7% to 6.3%. The switch to obesity was more pronounced for longer service durations. Although secular trends for BMI increases among soldiers were in line with the general population, service duration was related to BMI increases. Especially, the service time depending on pronounced prevalence of obesity should be a matter of debate leading to counteracting measures at the German Armed Forces. |
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spelling | pubmed-98592572023-01-21 BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces Scheit, Lorenz End, Barbara Schröder, Jan Hoffmann, Manuela Andrea Reer, Rüdiger Healthcare (Basel) Article The aim of this study was to assess body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight and obesity at entry and release of service at the German Armed Forces and related associations to service duration. In a cohort study, 85,076 paired BMI data sets (entry and release of service) of German soldiers (5.4% females) between 2010 to 2022 were analyzed retrospectively to assess BMI alterations and the prevalence of overweight (BMI ≥ 25) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30) after service durations of ≤2 years, 2–5 years, or ≥5 years. Between 2010 and 2022, we observed a trend for BMI increases of about 0.5 kg/m(2) (X(2) = 27.104, p = 0.007). BMI increases differed significantly (X(2) = 7622.858, p < 0.001) after ≤2 years (0.0 kg/m(2)), after 2–5 years (1.1 kg/m(2)), and after ≥5 years (2.4 kg/m(2)) and were correlated to service duration (r = 0.34, p < 0.001). The prevalence of overweight increased from 33.0% to 39.5%. Obesity prevalence increased from 3.7% to 6.3%. The switch to obesity was more pronounced for longer service durations. Although secular trends for BMI increases among soldiers were in line with the general population, service duration was related to BMI increases. Especially, the service time depending on pronounced prevalence of obesity should be a matter of debate leading to counteracting measures at the German Armed Forces. MDPI 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9859257/ /pubmed/36673593 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020225 Text en © 2023 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Scheit, Lorenz End, Barbara Schröder, Jan Hoffmann, Manuela Andrea Reer, Rüdiger BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces |
title | BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces |
title_full | BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces |
title_fullStr | BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces |
title_full_unstemmed | BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces |
title_short | BMI Alterations and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Related to Service Duration at the German Armed Forces |
title_sort | bmi alterations and prevalence of overweight and obesity related to service duration at the german armed forces |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673593 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020225 |
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