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Journal article
Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
International journal of public health, Vol.63(Suppl 1), pp.165-176
2018
PMCID: PMC5973977
PMID: 28776243
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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- Title
- Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
- Authors/Creators
- Ali H. Mokdad - University of WashingtonCharbel El Bcheraoui - University of WashingtonAshkan Afshin - University of WashingtonRaghid Charara - Amer Univ Beirut, Beirut, LebanonIbrahim Khalil - University of WashingtonMaziar Moradi-Lakeh - College Station Medical CenterNicholas J. Kassebaum - University of WashingtonMichael Collison - University of WashingtonFarah Daoud - University of WashingtonKristopher J. Krohn - University of WashingtonAdrienne Chew - University of WashingtonStan H. Biryukov - University of WashingtonLeslie Cornaby - University of WashingtonKyle J. Foreman - University of WashingtonMichael Kutz - University of WashingtonPatrick Liu - University of WashingtonMarissa Reitsma - University of WashingtonPatrick Sur - University of WashingtonHaidong Wang - University of WashingtonBen Zipkin - University of WashingtonJohan Arnlov - Karolinska InstitutetCristiana Abbafati - Univ Roma La Sapienza, Rome, ItalyAbdishakur M. Abdulle - New York University Abu DhabiNiveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh - Birzeit UniversityMuktar Beshir Ahmed - Jimma UniversityZiyad Al-Aly - Washington Univ, St Louis, MO USAKhurshid Alam - The University of MelbourneReza Alizadeh-Navaei - College Station Medical CenterAla'a Alkerwi - LIH, Luxembourg, LuxembourgKhalid A. Altirkawi - King Saud UniversityNelson Alvis-Guzman - University of CartagenaBernhard T. Baune - Univ Adelaide, Sch Med, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaNeeraj Bedi - College Station Medical CenterDerrick A. Bennett - University of OxfordAddisu S. Beyene - Haramaya UniversityZulfiqar A. Bhutta - Aga Khan Univ, Ctr Excellence Women & Child Hlth, Karachi, PakistanMulugeta M. Birhanu - University of GroningenHadi Danawi - Walden UniversitySeyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad - Karolinska InstitutetFlorian Fischer - Supreme Council Of HealthTsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot - Jimma UniversityParamjit Singh Gill - University of WarwickPhilimon N. Gona - University of Massachusetts BostonVipin GuptaTesfa Dejenie Habtewold - University of GroningenRandah Ribhi Hamadeh - Arabian Gulf UniversitySamer Hamidi - Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart UniversityHabtamu Abera Hareri - Addis Ababa UniversityMasako Horino - Bur Child Family & Community Wellness, Nevada Div Publ & Behav Hlth, Carson, CA USAMohamed Hsairi - Salah Azaiz Inst, Dept Epidemiol, Tunis, TunisiaMehdi Javanbakht - Univ Aberdeen, Aberdeen, ScotlandDenny John - Int Ctr Res Women, New Delhi, IndiaJost B. Jonas - Heidelberg Univ, Med Fac Mannheim, Dept Ophthalmol, Mannheim, GermanyVasna Joshua - College Station Medical CenterAmir Kasaeian - University of TehranEzra B. Ketema - Mekelle UniversityYousef Saleh Khader - College Station Medical CenterEjaz Ahmad Khan - Hlth Serv Acad, Islamabad, Punjab, PakistanJagdish Khubchandani - Ball State UniversityDaniel Kim - Northeastern Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, Boston, MA USAYun Jin Kim - Southern Univ Coll, Fac Chinese Med, Skudai, Kagawa, MalaysiaYohannes Kinfu - University of CanberraYoshihiro KokuboHeidi J. Larson - University of WashingtonPaul H. Lee - University of Hong KongRaimundas Lunevicius - Aintree Univ Hosp Natl Hlth Serv Fdn Trust, Liverpool, Merseyside, EnglandHassan Magdy Abd El Razek - College Station Medical CenterMohammed Magdy Abd El Razek - Aswan UniversityReza Malekzadeh - University of TehranKedar K. Mate - McGill UniversityZiad A. Memish - Saudi Minist Hlth, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMubarek Abera Mengistie - Jimma UniversityGeorge A. Mensah - NHLBI, Ctr Translat Res & Implementat Sci, NIH, Bldg 10, Bethesda, MD 20892 USAFelix Akpojene Ogbo - Western Sydney UniversityFarshad Pourmalek - University of British ColumbiaAnwar Rafay - Contech (Canada)Mostafa Qorbani - College Station Medical CenterVafa Rahimi-Movaghar - University of TehranSaleem M. Rana - Contech (Canada)Salman Rawaf - Imperial Coll London, London, EnglandAndre M. N. Renzaho - Western Sydney UniversitySatar Rezaei - Supreme Council Of HealthMohammad Sadegh Rezai - Focus (Germany)Mahdi Safdarian - University of TehranMohammad Ali Sahraian - University of TehranPayman Salamati - University of TehranAbdallah M. Samy - Ain Shams UniversityJuan Ramon Sanabria - Marshall UniversityMilena M. Santric Milicevic - University of BelgradeBenn Sartorius - Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Nursing & Publ Hlth, Publ Hlth Med, Durban, South AfricaSadaf G. Sepanlou - University of TehranMasood Ali ShaikhRahman Shiri - University of HelsinkiDiego Augusto Santos Silva - Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, BrazilJasvinder A. Singh - University of AlabamaAbdullah Sulieman Terkawi - University of VirginiaTenaw Yimer Tiruye - Debre Markos UniversityKingsley Nnanna Ukwaja - Fed Teaching Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, NigeriaTommi Vasankari - UKK Inst Hlth Promot Res, Tampere, FinlandVasiliy Victorovich Vlassov - Supreme Council Of HealthTolassa Wakayo - Jimma UniversityAndrea Werdecker - Cohort (United Kingdom)Naohiro Yonemoto - Kyoto UniversityMustafa Z. Younis - Jackson State UniversityBassel Zein - Georgetown UniversityAisha O. JumaanTheo Vos - University of WashingtonSimon I. Hay - University of WashingtonMohsen Naghavi - University of WashingtonChristopher J. L. Murray - University of WashingtonGBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Reg
- Publication Details
- International journal of public health, Vol.63(Suppl 1), pp.165-176
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media Sa
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; CGIAR
- Identifiers
- 991005591502707891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2017
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Healthy Ageing
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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