Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate trends in obesity prevalence in recent years and to predict the obesity prevalence in 2015 in European populations.<h4>Methods</h4>Data of 97,942 participants from seven cohorts involved in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer an...

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Main Authors: Anne von Ruesten, Annika Steffen, Anna Floegel, Daphne L van der A, Giovanna Masala, Anne Tjønneland, Jytte Halkjaer, Domenico Palli, Nicholas J Wareham, Ruth J F Loos, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Heiner Boeing
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author Anne von Ruesten
Annika Steffen
Anna Floegel
Daphne L van der A
Giovanna Masala
Anne Tjønneland
Jytte Halkjaer
Domenico Palli
Nicholas J Wareham
Ruth J F Loos
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Heiner Boeing
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Annika Steffen
Anna Floegel
Daphne L van der A
Giovanna Masala
Anne Tjønneland
Jytte Halkjaer
Domenico Palli
Nicholas J Wareham
Ruth J F Loos
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Heiner Boeing
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description <h4>Objective</h4>To investigate trends in obesity prevalence in recent years and to predict the obesity prevalence in 2015 in European populations.<h4>Methods</h4>Data of 97,942 participants from seven cohorts involved in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study participating in the Diogenes project (named as "Diogenes cohort" in the following) with weight measurements at baseline and follow-up were used to predict future obesity prevalence with logistic linear and non-linear (leveling off) regression models. In addition, linear and leveling off models were fitted to the EPIC-Potsdam dataset with five weight measures during the observation period to find out which of these two models might provide the more realistic prediction.<h4>Results</h4>During a mean follow-up period of 6 years, the obesity prevalence in the Diogenes cohort increased from 13% to 17%. The linear prediction model predicted an overall obesity prevalence of about 30% in 2015, whereas the leveling off model predicted a prevalence of about 20%. In the EPIC-Potsdam cohort, the shape of obesity trend favors a leveling off model among men (R²  = 0.98), and a linear model among women (R² = 0.99).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our data show an increase in obesity prevalence since the 1990ies, and predictions by 2015 suggests a sizeable further increase in European populations. However, the estimates from the leveling off model were considerably lower.
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spelling doaj-art-65df5ccb347f400ca98641efcdf053852025-08-20T02:05:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-01611e2745510.1371/journal.pone.0027455Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.Anne von RuestenAnnika SteffenAnna FloegelDaphne L van der AGiovanna MasalaAnne TjønnelandJytte HalkjaerDomenico PalliNicholas J WarehamRuth J F LoosThorkild I A SørensenHeiner Boeing<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate trends in obesity prevalence in recent years and to predict the obesity prevalence in 2015 in European populations.<h4>Methods</h4>Data of 97,942 participants from seven cohorts involved in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study participating in the Diogenes project (named as "Diogenes cohort" in the following) with weight measurements at baseline and follow-up were used to predict future obesity prevalence with logistic linear and non-linear (leveling off) regression models. In addition, linear and leveling off models were fitted to the EPIC-Potsdam dataset with five weight measures during the observation period to find out which of these two models might provide the more realistic prediction.<h4>Results</h4>During a mean follow-up period of 6 years, the obesity prevalence in the Diogenes cohort increased from 13% to 17%. The linear prediction model predicted an overall obesity prevalence of about 30% in 2015, whereas the leveling off model predicted a prevalence of about 20%. In the EPIC-Potsdam cohort, the shape of obesity trend favors a leveling off model among men (R²  = 0.98), and a linear model among women (R² = 0.99).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our data show an increase in obesity prevalence since the 1990ies, and predictions by 2015 suggests a sizeable further increase in European populations. However, the estimates from the leveling off model were considerably lower.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0027455&type=printable
spellingShingle Anne von Ruesten
Annika Steffen
Anna Floegel
Daphne L van der A
Giovanna Masala
Anne Tjønneland
Jytte Halkjaer
Domenico Palli
Nicholas J Wareham
Ruth J F Loos
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Heiner Boeing
Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.
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title Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.
title_full Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.
title_fullStr Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.
title_full_unstemmed Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.
title_short Trend in obesity prevalence in European adult cohort populations during follow-up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015.
title_sort trend in obesity prevalence in european adult cohort populations during follow up since 1996 and their predictions to 2015
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0027455&type=printable
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