Body Mass Index – measured adiposity and population attributability of associated factors in Cameroon: A population-based study in sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Leopold N. Aminde ◽  
Jeannine A. Atem ◽  
Andre P. Kengne ◽  
Anastase Dzudie ◽  
Lennert Veerman
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Pensions, consumption and health: evidence from rural South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock ◽  
Sutapa Agrawal ◽  
Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Older People ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Food Scarcity ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Food And Drink

Abstract Background Increasing numbers of older people in sub-Saharan Africa are gaining access to pension benefits and it is often claimed that these benefits promote healthy forms of consumption, which contribute to significant improvements in their health status. However, evidence to support these claims is limited. Methods The paper uses data for 2701 people aged 60 or over who participated in a population-based study in rural north-eastern South Africa. It analyses effects of receiving a pension on reported food scarcity, body mass index and patterns of consumption. Results The paper finds that living in a pension household is associated with a reduced risk of reported food scarcity and with higher levels of consumption of food and drink. The paper does not find that living in a pension household is associated with a higher prevalence of current smoking nor current alcohol consumption. However, the paper still finds that tobacco and alcohol make up over 40% of reported food and drink consumption, and that the correlation between reported food scarcity and body mass index status is imperfect. Conclusions The paper does not show significant associations between pension receipt and the selected risk factors. However, the context of prevalent obesity and high shares of household spending allocated to tobacco and alcohol call into question widely-made claims that pensions enhance healthy consumption among older people in low and middle-income countries.

scholarly journals Body mass index–measured adiposity and population attributability of associated factors: a population-based study from Buea, Cameroon

BMC Obesity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leopold Ndemnge Aminde ◽  
Jeannine A. Atem ◽  
Andre Pascal Kengne ◽  
Anastase Dzudie ◽  
J. Lennert Veerman
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study

scholarly journals Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Maria LC Iurilli ◽  
Bin Zhou ◽  
James E Bennett ◽  
Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Severe Obesity ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
East And Southeast Asia ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Change In Mean

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions.

1480: The Association of Body Mass Index and Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels in a Population-Based Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 401-401
Author(s):  
Javier Hernandez ◽  
Jacques Baillargeon ◽  
Brad Pollock ◽  
Alan R. Kristal ◽  
Patrick Bradshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Prostate Specific Antigen ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Serum Prostate Specific Antigen

scholarly journals Association between Maternal Origin, Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Caesarean Section: A Nation-Wide Registry Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5938
Author(s):  
Fatou Jatta ◽  
Johanne Sundby ◽  
Siri Vangen ◽  
Benedikte Victoria Lindskog ◽  
Ingvil Krarup Sørbye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Caesarean Section ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Adjusted Relative Risk ◽  
Maternal Origin ◽  
Length Of Residence ◽  
Sub Saharan

Aims: To explore the association between maternal origin and birthplace, and caesarean section (CS) by pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and length of residence. Methods: We linked records from 118,459 primiparous women in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway between 2013 and 2017 with data from the National Population Register. We categorized pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) into underweight (<18.5), normal weight (18.5–24.9) and overweight/obese (≥25). Multinomial regression analysis estimated crude and adjusted relative risk ratios (RRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for emergency and elective CS. Results: Compared to normal weight women from Norway, women from Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia/Pacific had a decreased risk of elective CS (aRRR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.37–0.87 and aRRR = 0.56, 0.41–0.77, respectively). Overweight/obese women from Europe/Central Asia had the highest risk of elective CS (aRRR = 1.42, 1.09–1.86). Both normal weight and overweight/obese Sub-Saharan African women had the highest risks of emergency CS (aRRR = 2.61, 2.28-2.99; 2.18, 1.81-2.63, respectively). Compared to women from high-income countries, the risk of elective CS was increasing with a longer length of residence among European/Central Asian women. Newly arrived migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest risk of emergency CS. Conclusion: Women from Sub-Saharan Africa had more than two times the risk of emergency CS compared to women originating from Norway, regardless of pre-pregnancy BMI.

scholarly journals Variations in the PBEF1 gene are associated with body mass index: A population-based study in northern China

Meta Gene ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
Jiesheng Rong ◽  
Minjie Chu ◽  
Baifen Xing ◽  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Shengyu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study

scholarly journals Obesity and risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and progression to multiple myeloma: a population-based study

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (24) ◽  
pp. 2186-2192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Thordardottir ◽  
Ebba K. Lindqvist ◽  
Sigrun H. Lund ◽  
Rene Costello ◽  
Debra Burton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Monoclonal Gammopathy ◽  
High Body Mass Index ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Undetermined Significance

Key PointsObesity is not associated with MGUS or LC-MGUS. High body mass index during midlife is associated with increased risk of progressing from MGUS and LC-MGUS to MM and other LP diseases.

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