Body mass index in Serbian Roma

Gallagher, Andrew; Čvorović, Jelena; Štrkalj, Goran

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2009.10.002

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“…The body mass index of the Serbian Roma is relatively high compared to western Europeans and is inconsistent with the view that the Roma have high rates of chronic energy deficiency (Gallagher et al, 2009). High prevalence of obesity in the Roma population, which was recently observed in some other countries, indicated the epidemiological transition.…”

Section: Health Transition Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 80%

Age trends in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Roma minority population of Croatia

Zeljko

Škarić‐Jurić

Narančić

et al. 2013

Economics & Human Biology

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Section: Health Transition Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 80%

Age trends in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Roma minority population of Croatia

Zeljko

Škarić‐Jurić

Narančić

et al. 2013

Economics & Human Biology

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“…A link between childhood malnutrition and adult obesity is consistent with the finding that Roma in Serbia have higher measures of BMI in adulthood than a Western European reference group. [24]…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors for childhood malnutrition in Roma settlements in Serbia

et al. 2010

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BackgroundChildren living in Roma settlements in Central and Eastern Europe face extreme levels of social exclusion and poverty, but their health status has not been well studied. The objective of this study was to elucidate risk factors for malnutrition in children in Roma settlements in Serbia.MethodsAnthropometric and sociodemographic measures were obtained for 1192 Roma children under five living in Roma settlements from the 2005 Serbia Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Multiple logistic regression was used to relate family and child characteristics to the odds of stunting, wasting, and underweight.ResultsThe prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight was 20.1%, 4.3%, and 8.0%, respectively. Nearly all of the children studied fell into the lowest quintile of wealth for the overall population of Serbia. Children in the lowest quintile of wealth were four times more likely to be stunted compared to those in the highest quintile, followed by those in the second lowest quintile (AOR = 2.1) and lastly by those in the middle quintile (AOR = 1.6). Children who were ever left in the care of an older child were almost twice as likely to stunted as those were not. Children living in urban settlements showed a clear disadvantage with close to three times the likelihood of being wasted compared to those living in rural areas. There was a suggestion that maternal, but not paternal, education was associated with stunting, and maternal literacy was significantly associated with wasting. Whether children were ever breastfed, immunized or had diarrhoeal episodes in the past two weeks did not show strong correlations to children malnutrition status in this Roma population.ConclusionsThere exists a gradient relationship between household wealth and stunting even within impoverished settlements, indicating that among poor and marginalized populations socioeconomic inequities in child health should be addressed. Other areas on which to focus future research and public health intervention include maternal literacy, child endangerment practices, and urban settlements.

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“…Because of the generally high prevalence of adverse risk factors such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, smoking and alcohol consumption, this population is at an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and, consequently, early mortality [12,13,14]. Studies investigating anthropometric features in Roma populations in Slovakia, Spain, and Serbia have suggested that the prevalence of obesity and BMI are higher among the Roma than in the general population [15,16,17]. …”

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Distinct Penetrance of Obesity-Associated Susceptibility Alleles in the Hungarian General and Roma Populations

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Aims: The aim of our study was to explore differences in genetic predisposition to obesity between the Hungarian general and Roma populations. Methods: A total of 1,152 samples from the Hungarian Roma population and 1,743 samples from the Hungarian general population were genotyped for 20 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the risk of obesity. Two types of multilocus genetic risk scores were constructed to estimate the combined effect of selected SNPs. Results: Risk allele frequencies differed significantly between the two populations for 11 SNPs, with no enrichment in any of the two study groups. Variants (rs1558902, rs1121980, rs9939609, and rs9941349) in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene exhibited strong but ethnicity-independent association with obesity. Genetic risk scores showed stronger associations with obesity in the Roma population compared with the Hungarian general population; however, without significant gene-population interaction. Conclusion: Differences in obesity prevalence between the Hungarian general and Hungarian Roma populations could not be explained by their distinct genetic susceptibility, rather by ethnicity-related environmental and behavioral factors. Nonetheless, particular gene-environment interactions might contribute to the distinct penetrance of the obesity-associated genetic factors in populations of different ethnic backgrounds.

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Body mass index in Serbian Roma

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Age trends in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Roma minority population of Croatia

Age trends in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Roma minority population of Croatia

Risk factors for childhood malnutrition in Roma settlements in Serbia

Distinct Penetrance of Obesity-Associated Susceptibility Alleles in the Hungarian General and Roma Populations

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