TY - JOUR
T1 - Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
T2 - findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
AU - GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators
AU - Mokdad, Ali H.
AU - El Bcheraoui, Charbel
AU - Afshin, Ashkan
AU - Charara, Raghid
AU - Khalil, Ibrahim
AU - Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
AU - Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
AU - Collison, Michael
AU - Daoud, Farah
AU - Krohn, Kristopher J.
AU - Chew, Adrienne
AU - Biryukov, Stan H.
AU - Cornaby, Leslie
AU - Foreman, Kyle J.
AU - Kutz, Michael
AU - Liu, Patrick
AU - Reitsma, Marissa
AU - Sur, Patrick
AU - Wang, Haidong
AU - Zipkin, Ben
AU - Ärnlöv, Johan
AU - Abbafati, Cristiana
AU - Abdulle, Abdishakur M.
AU - Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.
AU - Ahmed, Muktar Beshir
AU - Al-Aly, Ziyad
AU - Alam, Khurshid
AU - Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza
AU - Alkerwi, Ala'a
AU - Altirkawi, Khalid A.
AU - Alvis-Guzman, Nelson
AU - Baune, Bernhard T.
AU - Bedi, Neeraj
AU - Bennett, Derrick A.
AU - Beyene, Addisu S.
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Birhanu, Mulugeta M.
AU - Danawi, Hadi
AU - Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad
AU - Fischer, Florian
AU - Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde
AU - Gill, Paramjit Singh
AU - Gona, Philimon N.
AU - Gupta, Vipin
AU - Habtewold, Tesfa Dejenie
AU - Hamadeh, Randah Ribhi
AU - Hamidi, Samer
AU - Hareri, Habtamu Abera
AU - Horino, Masako
AU - Hsairi, Mohamed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Objectives: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach. Results: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages. Conclusions: This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.
AB - Objectives: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach. Results: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages. Conclusions: This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.
KW - Burden of disease
KW - Eastern Mediterranean Region
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5
DO - 10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 28776243
AN - SCOPUS:85026843762
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 63
SP - 165
EP - 176
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
ER -
