The obesity epidemic as harbinger of a metabolic disorder epidemic: trends in overweight, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes treatment in Geneva, Switzerland, 1993-2003 - PubMed (original) (raw)

Alfredo Morabia et al. Am J Public Health. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

Increases in obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes may be under way in Europe. We have reported the only data available from the 1990s for continuous monitoring of chronic disease risk factors in random samples of a general European population. In random surveys (1993-2003) of 6164 men and 6107 women in Geneva, overweight and obesity combined increased in both men and women; hypercholesterolemia prevalence also rose; diabetes treatment increased in men. Only population-based interventions can prevent the impending epidemic of obesity-related disorders.

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**Eleven-year trends (1993–2003, mean age-adjusted linear regression) in overweight (only), obesity, overweight and obesity combined, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes treatment among a random sample of 6164 male residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35 to 74 years.**…Note. Overweight = 25 ≤ body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2; obese = BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2; hypercholesterolemia = total plasma cholesterol ≥ 6.5 mmol/L (approximately 250 mg/dL) or self-report of taking medication for high cholesterol; diabetes treatment: self-reported.

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**Eleven-year trends (1993–2003, mean age-adjusted linear regression) in overweight (only), obesity, overweight and obesity combined, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes treatment among a random sample of 6107 female residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35 to 74 years.**… Note. Overweight = 25 ≤ body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2; obese = BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2; hypercholesterolemia = total plasma cholesterol ≥ 6.5 mmol/L (approximately 250 mg/dL) or self-report of taking medication for high cholesterol; diabetes treatment: self-reported.

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