Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal : results from the First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015)
© 2017 Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Obesity is recognised as a serious public health issue, due to its associated morbidity and mortality. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Portuguese p...
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ftunivlisboa:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/44802 2023-05-15T16:52:09+02:00 Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal : results from the First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015) Gaio, Vânia Antunes, Liliana Namorado, Sónia Barreto, Marta Gil, Ana Kyslaya, Irina Rodrigues, Ana Paula Santos, Ana Bøhler, Linn Castilho, Emília Vargas, Patrícia Carmo, Isabel do Nunes, Baltazar Dias, Carlos Matias 2020-11-06T14:02:15Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44802 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2017.08.002 eng eng Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/obesity-research-and-clinical-practice Obesity Research & Clinical Practice (2018) 12, 40-50 1871-403X http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44802 doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2017.08.002 restrictedAccess Overweight Obesity Portuguese population First Portuguese Health Examination Survey INSEF 2015 article 2020 ftunivlisboa https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2017.08.002 2022-05-25T18:41:42Z © 2017 Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Obesity is recognised as a serious public health issue, due to its associated morbidity and mortality. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Portuguese population through direct measurements obtained by the 1st National Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015) and to identify its associated sociodemographic factors. INSEF was a nationally representative cross-sectional prevalence study conducted on 4911 Portuguese adults aged 25-74 years, in 2015. Height and weight were measured according to the European Health Examination Survey procedures. Poisson regression was used to estimate the adjusted prevalence ratios of overweight and obesity according to age, marital status, occupational activity, education, urbanization of living area and smoking status. Overall prevalences of overweight and obesity were 39.1% and 28.6%, respectively. The prevalence of overweight was higher among men (45.5% vs 33.2%) while the prevalence of obesity was higher among women (32% vs 25%). The sociodemographic factors associated with overweight and obesity were age, marital status and education. Smoking status was associated with overweight and obesity but only in women. INSEF suggests that a high prevalences of overweight and obesity are found in older individuals, married, with lower education levels and non-smoking women. Public health interventions are urgently required for obesity prevention, namely throughout health literacy strategies. The authors are grateful to all the professionals involved in the INSEF fieldwork and to all the INSEF participants. INSEF was developed as part of the Pre-defined project of the Public Health Initiatives Program, ‘‘Improvement of epidemiological health information to support public health decision and management in Portugal. Towards reduced inequalities, improved health, and bilateral cooperation’’, that benefits from a 1.500.000D Grant from Iceland, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Universidade de Lisboa: repositório.UL Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 12 1 40 50 |
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© 2017 Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Obesity is recognised as a serious public health issue, due to its associated morbidity and mortality. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Portuguese population through direct measurements obtained by the 1st National Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015) and to identify its associated sociodemographic factors. INSEF was a nationally representative cross-sectional prevalence study conducted on 4911 Portuguese adults aged 25-74 years, in 2015. Height and weight were measured according to the European Health Examination Survey procedures. Poisson regression was used to estimate the adjusted prevalence ratios of overweight and obesity according to age, marital status, occupational activity, education, urbanization of living area and smoking status. Overall prevalences of overweight and obesity were 39.1% and 28.6%, respectively. The prevalence of overweight was higher among men (45.5% vs 33.2%) while the prevalence of obesity was higher among women (32% vs 25%). The sociodemographic factors associated with overweight and obesity were age, marital status and education. Smoking status was associated with overweight and obesity but only in women. INSEF suggests that a high prevalences of overweight and obesity are found in older individuals, married, with lower education levels and non-smoking women. Public health interventions are urgently required for obesity prevention, namely throughout health literacy strategies. The authors are grateful to all the professionals involved in the INSEF fieldwork and to all the INSEF participants. INSEF was developed as part of the Pre-defined project of the Public Health Initiatives Program, ‘‘Improvement of epidemiological health information to support public health decision and management in Portugal. Towards reduced inequalities, improved health, and bilateral cooperation’’, that benefits from a 1.500.000D Grant from Iceland, ... |
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Gaio, Vânia Antunes, Liliana Namorado, Sónia Barreto, Marta Gil, Ana Kyslaya, Irina Rodrigues, Ana Paula Santos, Ana Bøhler, Linn Castilho, Emília Vargas, Patrícia Carmo, Isabel do Nunes, Baltazar Dias, Carlos Matias |
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal : results from the First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015) |
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal : results from the First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015) |
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