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Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
Objectives: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).
Methods: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach.
Results: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages.
Conclusions: This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.
Burden of disease, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Obesity
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Mokdad, Ali H., El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Afshin, Ashkan and Lee, Paul , GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators (2018) Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 165-176. (doi:10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5).

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Abstract

Objectives: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).
Methods: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach.
Results: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages.
Conclusions: This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.

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Published date: 1 May 2018
Additional Information: Funding Information: This research was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Publisher Copyright: © 2017, The Author(s).
Keywords: Burden of disease, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Obesity

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Local EPrints ID: 475561
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/475561
DOI: doi:10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5
ISSN: 1661-8556
PURE UUID: b9d1340e-aa83-43ce-90b1-37eb1df0a49b
ORCID for Paul Lee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5729-6450

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Date deposited: 21 Mar 2023 17:45
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 04:09

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Author: Ali H. Mokdad
Author: Charbel El Bcheraoui
Author: Ashkan Afshin
Author: Raghid Charara
Author: Ibrahim Khalil
Author: Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Author: Nicholas J. Kassebaum
Author: Michael Collison
Author: Farah Daoud
Author: Kristopher J. Krohn
Author: Adrienne Chew
Author: Stan H. Biryukov
Author: Leslie Cornaby
Author: Kyle J. Foreman
Author: Michael Kutz
Author: Patrick Liu
Author: Marissa Reitsma
Author: Patrick Sur
Author: Haidong Wang
Author: Ben Zipkin
Author: Johan Ärnlöv
Author: Cristiana Abbafati
Author: Abdishakur M. Abdulle
Author: Niveen M.E. Abu-Rmeileh
Author: Muktar Beshir Ahmed
Author: Ziyad Al-Aly
Author: Khurshid Alam
Author: Reza Alizadeh-Navaei
Author: Ala'a Alkerwi
Author: Khalid A. Altirkawi
Author: Nelson Alvis-Guzman
Author: Bernhard T. Baune
Author: Neeraj Bedi
Author: Derrick A. Bennett
Author: Addisu S. Beyene
Author: Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Author: Mulugeta M. Birhanu
Author: Hadi Danawi
Author: Seyed Mohammad Fereshtehnejad
Author: Florian Fischer
Author: Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot
Author: Paramjit Singh Gill
Author: Philimon N. Gona
Author: Vipin Gupta
Author: Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold
Author: Randah Ribhi Hamadeh
Author: Samer Hamidi
Author: Habtamu Abera Hareri
Author: Masako Horino
Author: Mohamed Hsairi
Author: Paul Lee ORCID iD
Corporate Author: GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators

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