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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Aguilera-Zubizarreta, Eulalia
• Ugarte-Miota, Teresa
• Muñoz Cacho, Pedro
• Vara-González, Luis
• Sanz de Castro, Saturnino

Titel

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Cantabria [Spain

Ist Teil von

• Gaceta sanitaria, 2008-09, Vol.22 (5), p.461-464

Ort / Verlag

Spain

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

ScienceDirect

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Cantabria (Spain). In the framework of the CANHTABRIA study, carried out in 2002-2004, measurements of height and weight were performed on a representative sample of 1197 subjects aged 18 years or over. The overall prevalence of overweight was 37.6% (95%CI: 34.2-41); 43.8% (95%CI: 37.2-50.5) in males, and 32.4% (95%CI: 28.6-36.1) in females (p<0.01). Prevalence of obesity was 22.3% (95%CI: 19.1-25.5); 23.2% (95%CI: 16.9-29.5) in males, and 21.5% (95%CI: 18.3-24.8) in females. Compared to persons with higher education, individuals with lowest level of education had two-fold higher prevalence of overweight and obesity. The Increase in weight is a public health problem in Cantabria as it affects 6 out of 10 adults of the general population, mainly males and individuals with low educational level.