Nutritional status in adults in the pluri-ethnic population of New Caledonia. The CALDIA Study Group.
| Autor: | Tassié JM; INSERM CJF 93-06, Hôpital Saint-Charles, Montpellier, France., Papoz L, Barny S, Simon D |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity [Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord] 1997 Jan; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 61-6. |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800364 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To describe the nutritional status (body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR)) of the population of New Caledonia in relation to ethnicity and urban-rural environment. Design: Diabetes screening survey in two rural provinces of New Caledonia and in the suburbs of Noumea. Subjects: 8875 subjects aged 30-59 y, Europeans, Melanesians and Polynesians. Measurements: BMI, WHR. Results: Obesity (BMI > or = 27 kg/m2 in men, 25 kg/m2 in women) was highly prevalent in all groups, but varied according to ethnicity: respectively, 43% and 52% in Europeans, 46% and 72% in Melanesians, 72% and 83% in Polynesians. In the urban area, mean WHR values, adjusted for age and BMI, were significantly higher than in rural areas, especially in Melanesians. Conclusion: Both ethnicity and urban-rural environment are linked to the amount and distribution of adiposity, which appeared worsened in the urban area in Europeans, and even more in Melanesians. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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