Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016

Abstract Objective Overweight, defined as excessive fat mass, is a long‐standing worldwide public health challenge. Traditional anthropometric measures used to identify overweight and obesity do not assess body composition. The aim of this study was to examine population trends in general and abdomi...

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Published in:Obesity
Main Authors: Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth, Johansson, Jonas, Jacobsen, Bjarne K., Grimsgaard, Sameline, Andersen, Lene Frost, Wilsgaard, Tom, Hopstock, Laila A.
Other Authors: Universitetet i Tromsø
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021
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spelling crwiley:10.1002/oby.23267 2024-09-15T18:39:20+00:00 Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016 Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth Johansson, Jonas Jacobsen, Bjarne K. Grimsgaard, Sameline Andersen, Lene Frost Wilsgaard, Tom Hopstock, Laila A. Universitetet i Tromsø 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.23267 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oby.23267 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/oby.23267 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Obesity volume 29, issue 11, page 1939-1949 ISSN 1930-7381 1930-739X journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23267 2024-08-22T04:16:16Z Abstract Objective Overweight, defined as excessive fat mass, is a long‐standing worldwide public health challenge. Traditional anthropometric measures used to identify overweight and obesity do not assess body composition. The aim of this study was to examine population trends in general and abdominal fat mass during the past two decades. Methods This study included participants from one or more consecutive surveys of the population‐based Tromsø Study, including Tromsø 5 (conducted in 2001, n = 1,662, age 40‐84 years), Tromsø 6 (2007‐2008, n = 901, age 40‐88 years), and Tromsø 7 (2015‐2016, n = 3,670, age 40‐87 years), with total body dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry scans. Trends in total fat and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were analyzed by generalized estimation equation models in strata of sex and age groups. Results Total fat and VAT mass increased during 2001 to 2016, with a larger increase during 2007 to 2016 than from 2001 to 2007 and among the youngest age group (40‐49 years), particularly in women. Women had higher total fat mass than men, whereas men had higher VAT mass than women. Conclusions General and abdominal dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry‐derived fat mass increased during the past two decades in this general population. Of particular concern is the more pronounced increase in the past decade and in the younger age groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø Wiley Online Library Obesity 29 11 1939 1949
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description Abstract Objective Overweight, defined as excessive fat mass, is a long‐standing worldwide public health challenge. Traditional anthropometric measures used to identify overweight and obesity do not assess body composition. The aim of this study was to examine population trends in general and abdominal fat mass during the past two decades. Methods This study included participants from one or more consecutive surveys of the population‐based Tromsø Study, including Tromsø 5 (conducted in 2001, n = 1,662, age 40‐84 years), Tromsø 6 (2007‐2008, n = 901, age 40‐88 years), and Tromsø 7 (2015‐2016, n = 3,670, age 40‐87 years), with total body dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry scans. Trends in total fat and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were analyzed by generalized estimation equation models in strata of sex and age groups. Results Total fat and VAT mass increased during 2001 to 2016, with a larger increase during 2007 to 2016 than from 2001 to 2007 and among the youngest age group (40‐49 years), particularly in women. Women had higher total fat mass than men, whereas men had higher VAT mass than women. Conclusions General and abdominal dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry‐derived fat mass increased during the past two decades in this general population. Of particular concern is the more pronounced increase in the past decade and in the younger age groups.
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author Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth
Johansson, Jonas
Jacobsen, Bjarne K.
Grimsgaard, Sameline
Andersen, Lene Frost
Wilsgaard, Tom
Hopstock, Laila A.
spellingShingle Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth
Johansson, Jonas
Jacobsen, Bjarne K.
Grimsgaard, Sameline
Andersen, Lene Frost
Wilsgaard, Tom
Hopstock, Laila A.
Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016
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Jacobsen, Bjarne K.
Grimsgaard, Sameline
Andersen, Lene Frost
Wilsgaard, Tom
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title Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016
title_short Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016
title_full Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016
title_fullStr Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016
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