Weighty Concerns: The Growing Prevalence of Obesity among Older Adults

Houston, Denise K.; Nicklas, Barbara J.; Zizza, Claire A.

doi:10.1016/j.jada.2009.08.014

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“…In our study we found a prevalence of 24.2%, which is similar to that in Algeria (20%)) but much higher than that recorded in Tunisia (12.6% of patients aged 65 to 69 years) [17] and in France (17% in subjects aged 70 to 80 years) [16]. However, it is much lower than that recorded in the United States and in Australia [20][21][22]. The same observation can be made for abdominal obesity with a predominance in women.…”

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Background: Although a number of risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have been identified in young and middle-aged adults, their prevalence and importance are less known in the elderly. In Morocco, elderly people have a risk profile different from that of younger subjects, but representative data on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the elderly are difficult to find in the literature.Objective: To investigate the prevalence of Cardiovascular risk factors among Moroccan elderly Individuals in the city of El Jadida in Morocco.Methods: Data were collected from a randomized sample of 537 elderly individuals aged ≥ 60 years, surveyed at household level Socioeconomic and demographic data, as well as data on lifestyle, weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure and medications used were collected. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, total obesity, central obesity, dyslipidemias, smoking and alcohol consumption were determined. Results:The prevalence of the Cardiovascular risk factors were: 66, 1% for hypertension; 24.2% for general obesity; 25.3% for central obesity; 14.9% for diabetes mellitus; 6.7% for smoking and 10% for alcohol consumption. The population studied showed elevated total cholesterol, total triglycerides and low HDL-C levels among 4%, 12.3% and 16.2% respectively. Obesity and central obesity were more prevalent in women while that of hypertension was higher in men. The simultaneity of two or more cardiovascular risk factors occurred in 54.3% of the elderly and was more frequent among women while 11.4% of the elderly did not have any cardiovascular risk factors. Conclusion:The cardiovascular risk factors occur simultaneously in more than half of the elderly individuals, and the most prevalent ones were: hypertension, central and total obesity. It is necessary to foster the strategies of health promotion and prevention of cardiovascular injury in elderly individuals in the city of El Jadida.

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“…It is clinically defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of over 30kg/m2 [1]. In spite of warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) of an escalating epidemic of obesity, worldwide prevalence of obesity has more than doubled between 1980 and 2008 [2] to become a worldwide public health issue [3][4][5].…”

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“…Over 2.8 million obese people die worldwide each year, with an estimated 35.8 million of global Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) caused by overweight or obesity [7]. Individuals who are overweight or obese are more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, some cancers, gall bladder disease among others [1,2,8,9]. Growing knowledge has shown that overweight and obesity do not discriminate between geographical locations, socio-economic levels, sex and age [10].…”

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Predictors of Overweight and Obesity Among Women in Ghana

Agbeko¹,

Kumi-Kyereme²,

Andrews

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Abstract:The global prevalence of overweight and obesity has more than doubled between 1980 and 2008. Using the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data, this study explored the association between biological, behavioural and socio-cultural factors and overweight and obesity among women in Ghana. The bivariate descriptive analysis and the binary logistic regression estimation technique were used to analyse the data. From the results, it was observed that there were significant associations between some of the factors and overweight and obesity. For instance, age was found to have a positive significant association with overweight and obesity for all categories while having four or more children was significant but negatively associated with overweight and obesity. The introduction of socio-cultural factors in the model did not affect the direction of association between age and overweight and obesity even though the strength of association reduced. Amongst the socio-cultural factors introduced in the model, all categories of education and wealth status had a positive significant association with overweight and obesity. The introduction of behavioural factors in the model did not change the nature of predictors of overweight and obesity. Alcohol consumption, contraceptive use and exposure to television were positively associated with overweight and obesity. The results underscore the relevance of biological, socio-cultural and behavioural factors in the planning and implementation of intervention strategies to address overweight and obesity among women in Ghana.

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“…However, older individuals have less FFM and less TBW than younger individuals (Baumgartner, 2000;Feinsod et al, 2004;Ferry, 2005;Houston, Nicklas, & Zizza, 2009;Luckey & Parsa, 2003;Rivlin, 2007). Older adults as a group may be engaging in less PA, may have sarcopenia, or may have chronic debilitating illness and disabilities that result in muscle wasting (Houston et al, 2009).Thus, it is logical to assume that older individuals would require less water than younger individuals. In a water turnover study conducted by Raman et al (2004) the water requirement of 70-79 year olds was found to be, on average, 86-88% of 40-49 year olds.…”

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“…It must be remembered that FFM does not stay the same throughout the life cycle (i.e., individuals lose FFM with age) (Baumgartner, 2000;Feinsod et al, 2004;Ferry, 2005;Houston et al, 2009;Luckey & Parsa, 2003;Rivlin, 2007). However, if the amount of age-adjusted and body weight-adjusted FFM is determined, prediction of an individual's water requirement should be possible.…”

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An Investigation into Equations for Estimating Water Requirements and the Development of New Equations for Predicting Total Water Intake

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Weighty Concerns: The Growing Prevalence of Obesity among Older Adults

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Predictors of Overweight and Obesity Among Women in Ghana

An Investigation into Equations for Estimating Water Requirements and the Development of New Equations for Predicting Total Water Intake

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