Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis
Objective: Obesity is a chronic and complex disease defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat and is one of the leading public health problems in developed and developing countries. Due to the importance of obesity, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of obesity in the old...
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| author | Ali Asghar Khaleghi Nader Salari Niloofar Darvishi Shadi Bokaee Samira Jafari Mahvan Hemmati Masoud Mohammadi |
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| description | Objective: Obesity is a chronic and complex disease defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat and is one of the leading public health problems in developed and developing countries. Due to the importance of obesity, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of obesity in the older adults. Study design: meta-analysis. Methods: In this study, systematic review and meta-analysis of study data on the prevalence of obesity in the older adults in the world using keywords including: prevalence, outbreak, Body Mass Index, BMI, obesity, Elderly, aged, older adult, in Science Direct databases, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iran Doc, Mag Iran, SID and Google Scholar search engine were extracted without time limit until August 2020. The target population under study is the world's elderly, and obesity means a BMI≥30. The Random Effects Model was used to perform the analysis and, Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software version 2.0 was used for data analysis. Results: In review 44 studies with a total sample size of 45,745,944 prevalence of obesity in the older adults of the world; In a meta-analysis of 25.3 % (95 % CI: 21.9–29). It was found that the highest prevalence of obesity in the older adults in South America with 40.4 % (95 % CI: 12.5–76.4). In addition, continental Europe with 33.6 % (95 % confidence interval: 24.1–44.5). The meta-regression results showed an increasing trend in the prevalence of obesity in the older adults in the world with an increasing sample size and a decreasing trend with increasing the study (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Given that the prevalence of obesity in the older adults is high, health policymakers must take adequate measures to increase public awareness about the risks of obesity in the older adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce67f57409c34306b463b5ecec7474f62025-01-22T05:44:09ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522025-06-019100585Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysisAli Asghar Khaleghi0Nader Salari1Niloofar Darvishi2Shadi Bokaee3Samira Jafari4Mahvan Hemmati5Masoud Mohammadi6Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Fars, IranDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranDepartment of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing School, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, IranFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UKStudent Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranStudent Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranResearch Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran; Corresponding author.Objective: Obesity is a chronic and complex disease defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat and is one of the leading public health problems in developed and developing countries. Due to the importance of obesity, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of obesity in the older adults. Study design: meta-analysis. Methods: In this study, systematic review and meta-analysis of study data on the prevalence of obesity in the older adults in the world using keywords including: prevalence, outbreak, Body Mass Index, BMI, obesity, Elderly, aged, older adult, in Science Direct databases, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iran Doc, Mag Iran, SID and Google Scholar search engine were extracted without time limit until August 2020. The target population under study is the world's elderly, and obesity means a BMI≥30. The Random Effects Model was used to perform the analysis and, Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software version 2.0 was used for data analysis. Results: In review 44 studies with a total sample size of 45,745,944 prevalence of obesity in the older adults of the world; In a meta-analysis of 25.3 % (95 % CI: 21.9–29). It was found that the highest prevalence of obesity in the older adults in South America with 40.4 % (95 % CI: 12.5–76.4). In addition, continental Europe with 33.6 % (95 % confidence interval: 24.1–44.5). The meta-regression results showed an increasing trend in the prevalence of obesity in the older adults in the world with an increasing sample size and a decreasing trend with increasing the study (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Given that the prevalence of obesity in the older adults is high, health policymakers must take adequate measures to increase public awareness about the risks of obesity in the older adults.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535225000047PrevalenceOlder adultsObesityMeta-analysis |
| spellingShingle | Ali Asghar Khaleghi Nader Salari Niloofar Darvishi Shadi Bokaee Samira Jafari Mahvan Hemmati Masoud Mohammadi Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis Public Health in Practice Prevalence Older adults Obesity Meta-analysis |
| title | Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis |
| title_full | Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis |
| title_short | Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis |
| title_sort | global prevalence of obesity in the older adults a meta analysis |
| topic | Prevalence Older adults Obesity Meta-analysis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535225000047 |
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