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Obesity increasing among women aged 50 years and older.
2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 1990-2000, revealed that obesity is increasing among women aged 50 years and older.
According to a study from the United States, "Obesity is an important public health issue facing Americans of all ages. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data are used to illustrate the change in body mass index distribution in just one decade (1990-2000) in women aged greater than or equal to50. The sample size ranged from 18,474 women greater than or equal to50 in 1990 to 45,820 in 2000."
"For women aged greater than or equal to50, there is a slight decline in the prevalence of underweight (from 3.1% in 1990 to 2.4% in 2000) and a significant increase in obesity (from 14.4% to 21.7%)," reported D. Zablotsky at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and K. A. Mack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Not smoking, having less education, being in poor health, having diabetes, and not exercising are all associated with increased odds of being obese. Although factors significantly related to obesity in older women ...
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