Severe obesity: Investigating the socio-demographics within the extremes of body mass index

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Natasha J HowardCatherine R Chittleborough

Abstract

To examine the trends in the prevalence of classes I, II and III obesity between 1991 and 2006 among the South Australian adult population. In addition, to explore the association of severe (class II and III) obesity with a range of socio-demographics, chronic conditions and risk factor variables. Trends of self-reported obesity prevalence were examined using representative, annual, face-to-face South Australian Health Omnibus Surveys from 1991 to 2006 (n ≈ 3000 per year). Biomedical data, including measured height and weight, were collected in the North West Adelaide Health (cohort) Study (NWAHS), a representative random adult sample selected from the electronic white pages (EWP) (n = 4060). The age standardised prevalence of self-reported class II and III obesity among those aged 18 years and over increased from 2.4% in 1991 to 8.1% in 2006. The greatest relative percentage increase over this time was seen amongst those with class III obesity (452.3%). Using biomedical data, multivariate analysis results indicated that among those who were obese, women were more than two and a half times more likely than men to be of class II and III. Among those who were obese, those aged 20-54 years and living in the low/lowest quintiles of...Continue Reading

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