Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends
ABSTRACT Objectives Overweight and obesity associate with increased morbidity and premature death. Westernization of societies heralds rising obesity rates. A steep increase in body mass index (BMI) and overweight in Greenland from 1963 to 1998 led us to follow‐up on height, weight, BMI, and rates o...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajhb.22556 2024-06-02T07:54:56+00:00 Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends Andersen, Stig Rex, Karsten Fleischer Noahsen, Paneeraq Sørensen, Hans Christian Florian Larsen, Nicolai Hardenberg Mulvad, Gert Laurberg, Peter Greenland Government 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22556 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajhb.22556 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajhb.22556 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Human Biology volume 26, issue 4, page 511-517 ISSN 1042-0533 1520-6300 journal-article 2014 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22556 2024-05-03T12:00:16Z ABSTRACT Objectives Overweight and obesity associate with increased morbidity and premature death. Westernization of societies heralds rising obesity rates. A steep increase in body mass index (BMI) and overweight in Greenland from 1963 to 1998 led us to follow‐up on height, weight, BMI, and rates of overweight among populations in Greenland and assess time trends between different stages of transition. Methods BMI was calculated from height and weight measured on Inuit and non‐Inuit aged 50 through 69 years surveyed in 1963, 1998, and 2008 in Ammassalik district in East Greenland and in 1998 and 2008 in the capital Nuuk in West Greenland. Results A total of 1,186 were surveyed in 1963 (52 men/63 women), 1998 (309/226), and 2008 (297/239). BMI increased with time ( P < 0.001; 1963/1998/2008 23.3/24.3/26.2 kg/m 2 ). In addition, BMI increased with urbanization in Inuit men ( P = 0.001; settlements/town/city, in 1998, 23.9/24.9/25.5 kg/m 2 in 2008, 25.0/26.0/27.0 kg/m 2 ) while not in Inuit women ( P = 0.18). The number of overweight Inuit (BMI >27 kg/m 2 ) increased with time in men (4.0/25.6/33.2% in 1963/1998/2008, P = 0.001) and in women (13.6/30.7/37.3%, P = 0.001). BMI was above 30 kg/m 2 in 2.0/10.8/17.5% of all Inuit men in 1963/1998/2008 ( P = 0.003) and in 8.3%/23.0/24.5% of all Inuit women ( P = 0.02) respectively. Conclusions Overweight and obesity rates rise with time and with societal transition in Greenland. Settlements and town are catching up with the city where the rate of increase is diminishing, although there were gender differences. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 26:511–517, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ammassalik Arctic East Greenland Greenland inuit Nuuk Wiley Online Library Arctic Greenland Nuuk ENVELOPE(-52.150,-52.150,68.717,68.717) American Journal of Human Biology 26 4 511 517 |
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ABSTRACT Objectives Overweight and obesity associate with increased morbidity and premature death. Westernization of societies heralds rising obesity rates. A steep increase in body mass index (BMI) and overweight in Greenland from 1963 to 1998 led us to follow‐up on height, weight, BMI, and rates of overweight among populations in Greenland and assess time trends between different stages of transition. Methods BMI was calculated from height and weight measured on Inuit and non‐Inuit aged 50 through 69 years surveyed in 1963, 1998, and 2008 in Ammassalik district in East Greenland and in 1998 and 2008 in the capital Nuuk in West Greenland. Results A total of 1,186 were surveyed in 1963 (52 men/63 women), 1998 (309/226), and 2008 (297/239). BMI increased with time ( P < 0.001; 1963/1998/2008 23.3/24.3/26.2 kg/m 2 ). In addition, BMI increased with urbanization in Inuit men ( P = 0.001; settlements/town/city, in 1998, 23.9/24.9/25.5 kg/m 2 in 2008, 25.0/26.0/27.0 kg/m 2 ) while not in Inuit women ( P = 0.18). The number of overweight Inuit (BMI >27 kg/m 2 ) increased with time in men (4.0/25.6/33.2% in 1963/1998/2008, P = 0.001) and in women (13.6/30.7/37.3%, P = 0.001). BMI was above 30 kg/m 2 in 2.0/10.8/17.5% of all Inuit men in 1963/1998/2008 ( P = 0.003) and in 8.3%/23.0/24.5% of all Inuit women ( P = 0.02) respectively. Conclusions Overweight and obesity rates rise with time and with societal transition in Greenland. Settlements and town are catching up with the city where the rate of increase is diminishing, although there were gender differences. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 26:511–517, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Andersen, Stig Rex, Karsten Fleischer Noahsen, Paneeraq Sørensen, Hans Christian Florian Larsen, Nicolai Hardenberg Mulvad, Gert Laurberg, Peter Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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Andersen, Stig Rex, Karsten Fleischer Noahsen, Paneeraq Sørensen, Hans Christian Florian Larsen, Nicolai Hardenberg Mulvad, Gert Laurberg, Peter |
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Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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Forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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forty‐five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic inuit society in transition and spatiotemporal trends |
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