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PREVALENCE AND TREND OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG SARDINIAN CONSCRIPTS (ITALY) OF 1969 AND 1998

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2009

A. LOVISELLI ,
M. E. GHIANI ,
F. VELLUZZI ,
I. S. PIRAS ,
L. MINERBA ,
G. VONA  and
C. M. CALÒ
A. LOVISELLI
Affiliation:
Departmental Unit of Obesity, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Policlinic, Cagliari, Italy
M. E. GHIANI
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Anthropological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
F. VELLUZZI
Affiliation:
Departmental Unit of Obesity, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Policlinic, Cagliari, Italy
I. S. PIRAS
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Anthropological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
L. MINERBA
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
G. VONA
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Anthropological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
C. M. CALÒ
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Anthropological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Summary

This study evaluated the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the male Sardinian population (Italy), and verifies that it has increased over the last 30 years. Data were collected during 2003–2004 from military registers in the Archive of the Military District of Cagliari for the years 1969 and 1998. A total of 22,345 forms were analysed from all Sardinia. The conscripts were classified on the basis of their place of residence and socioeconomic status. The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity in Sardinia were 4.33% and 0.55%, respectively, for the conscripts of 1969 and 9.8% and 3% for 1998. Olbia-Tempio (northern Sardinia) was the province with the highest incidence of overweight and obesity in 1969, and Nuoro (central Sardinia) had the highest incidence in 1998. Distribution of body mass index, overweight and obesity across the island showed a statistically significant heterogeneity that strongly decreased from 1969 to 1998. Among the conscripts of 1969, the incidence of overweight and obesity were higher in rural than in urban regions. An opposite trend was observed for the 1998 prevalence, it being more frequent in urban than rural regions. Comparison with other Italian regions was made. The percentages of overweight and obese individuals in Sardinia have markedly increased during the last 30 years, but their low incidence with respect to other Italian populations could be explained by the genetic peculiarity of the island. The change in the internal distribution of obesity clearly reflects socioeconomic changes.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 201 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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