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2013-05-27Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1656-3
Overweight and obesity in Germany
dc.contributor.authorMensink, Gert
dc.contributor.authorSchienkiewitz, Anja
dc.contributor.authorHaftenberger, Marjolein
dc.contributor.authorLampert, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorZiese, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorScheidt-Nave, Christa
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T16:34:04Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T16:34:04Z
dc.date.created2013-05-28
dc.date.issued2013-05-27none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/re1TvD7NKLhTk/PDF/20DMwbq1YNPdQ.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/1515
dc.description.abstractThe increase in overweight and obesity is a worldwide health problem. The first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1), conducted from 2008 through 2011, provides current data about overweight and obesity among adults in Germany. Within DEGS1, a representative sample of the 18- to 79-year-old population was interviewed with regard to health relevant issues and physically examined (n=7,116). From measurements of body height and weight, the body mass index (BMI) was calculated, which was used to define overweight (BMI≥25 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2). Results are stratified for gender, age group, socioeconomic status and region and compared with results from the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98) and the National Examination Surveys 1990/92. According to DEGS1, 67.1% of men and 53.0% of women are overweight. The prevalence of overweight has not changed compared to GNHIES98. The prevalence of obesity, however, has risen substantially, especially among men: in GNHIES98, 18.9% of men and 22.5% of women were obese, in DEGS1, these figures were 23.3% and 23.9%, respectively. The increase in obesity occurred especially among young adults.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
dc.subjectEpidemiologyeng
dc.subjectHealth surveyeng
dc.subjectObesityeng
dc.subjectOverweighteng
dc.subjectAdultseng
dc.subjectAnthropometricseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleOverweight and obesity in Germany
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.subtitleResults of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1)
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10030849
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00103-012-1656-3
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1440
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local.edoc.container-urlhttp://link.springer.com/journal/103
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local.edoc.container-volume56
local.edoc.container-issue5/6
local.edoc.container-year2013

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