Variation in the body mass index among young adult Polish males between 1965 and 1995

Bielicki, Tadeusz; Szklarska, Alicja; Welon, Zygmunt; Rm, Malina

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“…A similar although more attenuated pattern of social variation in the BMI was found in a large national sample of one birth cohort of Polish 19- year-old conscripts (Bielicki et al, 2000). The concordance between these two studies is all the more noteworthy because in young adults, BMI is a measure whose meaning may be more ambiguous than in middle-aged adults: in the former a high BMI may theoretically be indicative either of fatness or of a strongly muscular, "mesomorphic" physique (Kopelman, 2000), and it is only at later ages that BMI becomes very strongly correlated with various measures of fatness (Rogucka and Bielicki, 1999).…”

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Variation in body mass index among Polish adults: Effects of sex, age, birth cohort, and social class

Bielicki

Szklarska

Welon

et al. 2001

American J Phys Anthropol

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Variation in the body mass index (BMI) among occupationally active inhabitants of one Polish urban center was studied by means of a three-factor ANOVA. The material is cross-sectional and comprises 32,750 men and women aged 22-60 years, examined in five successive surveys between 1983-1999. The factors considered in each sex were: 1) age category, 2) year of examination, and 3) social class. The increase of BMI with age is markedly greater among women than among men. No sustained intergeneration trend towards increased BMI was detectable in either sex. The BMI means rise regularly with decreasing position on the social scale in both sexes, but this effect is much more dramatic in women. The latter finding suggests that the condition of being situated low on the social scale is conducive to growth of fatness with age, markedly more so in women than in men. The absence of a secular trend in BMI means during the period considered contrasts with results reported for a number of other countries. This finding is intriguing, because Poland underwent abrupt and profound socio-economic transformation in the early 1990s.

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Variation in body mass index among Polish adults: Effects of sex, age, birth cohort, and social class

Bielicki

Szklarska

Welon

et al. 2001

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Moreover, there is growing evidence that excess weight is causally related to chronic diseases and all-cause mortality. [9] Obesity is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia and other chronic diseases.…”

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Trends in overweight and obesity in Portuguese conscripts from 1986 to 2000 in relation to place of residence and educational level

Padez

2006

Public Health

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Summary Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity between 1986 and 2000 in Portuguese conscripts, and to examine the role of place of residence and educational level. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Data sets from the cross-sectional annual surveys of all 18-year-old Portuguese males born between 1966 and 1981 and examined between 1986 and 2000 (850 081 subjects) were used in this study. Height and weight were measured and body mass index was calculated. Data on educational level (4, 6, 9, 11 and 12+ years) and residence (urban, semi-urban and rural) were collected.

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“…Pursuant to the Polish law, every year, all 19-year-old males are involved in conscription procedures, regardless of whether they are to be subsequently enlisted. Based on the data gathered in this manner and prepared at the beginning of the twentieth century by Mydlarski ( 1933 ) , and subsequently by Bielicki et al ( 2000Bielicki et al ( , 2005 , it is possible to state that, over 74 years , the mean body height of Polish males increased by 11.3 cm (Table 80.1 ). The increase in body height over this period, perceived as an increasingly fuller exploitation of the genetic growth potential, was caused by the improvement in living and development conditions of children and adolescents.…”

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“…The fi gure shows mean body-height values. (Based on data from Malinowski and Strzałko 1970;Drozdowski et al 1980;Deckert 2000 ;Bielicki et al 2000Bielicki et al , 2005 …”

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“…As numerous studies reveal, the Polish population is highly homogeneous and, consequently, no distinctive genetic differences are found (Bielicki et al 2000 ) . Such a population provides excellent material for observing intergenerational changes, as any differences in the biological development primarily refl ect a large diversifi cation in terms of family living conditions, social strata, and local populations.…”

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Secular Trends in the Anthropometry of Adolescents and College Students: Polish Perspective

Antoszewski

Sitek²

2012

Handbook of Anthropometry

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Socio-economic disparities lead to biological consequences manifested in the differences in anthropometric traits as well as in pubertal timing within a population, which is the case not only in Poland, but all over the world. The screening of the development of somatic traits in the Polish population has been conducted for over 100 years. Furthermore, some studies on stratification trends, i.e. intergenerational changes occurring in social groups singled out from the general population, have been conducted. Such analyses allow observing social stratification changes over a given period and determining the intensity of the biological consequences of these disparities.The analysis of intergenerational changes in respect of body height (stature) of Polish males based on a representative sample of military conscripts shows that the genetically determined growth potential of Poles has not been fully exploited yet, and thus a further increase in mean body height may be anticipated. However, it seems that the increase in adult stature will be in the near future less considerable than the intergenerational changes leading to BMI (Body Mass Index) increase. The continuing presence of social gradients in respect of body height and relative mass reflect the stability of social divisions in Polish living standards. The results of studies on earlier pubertal timing in Polish girls demonstrate that the lowering of age at menarche will continue, as the genetically determined limit has not been achieved yet, either.

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Variation in the body mass index among young adult Polish males between 1965 and 1995

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Variation in body mass index among Polish adults: Effects of sex, age, birth cohort, and social class

Variation in body mass index among Polish adults: Effects of sex, age, birth cohort, and social class

Trends in overweight and obesity in Portuguese conscripts from 1986 to 2000 in relation to place of residence and educational level

Secular Trends in the Anthropometry of Adolescents and College Students: Polish Perspective

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