Nutritional status in adults in the pluri-ethnic population of New Caledonia
| Autor: | L Papoz, JM Tassié, D Simon, S Barny |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism common Population Ethnic group nutritional and metabolic diseases Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutritional status medicine.disease Obesity Geography Polynesians common.group medicine Melanesians Rural area education Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Obesity. 21:61-66 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5497 0307-0565 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800364 |
| Popis: | 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≥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. |
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