Matthes, Katarina L; Hartmann, Christina; Siegrist, Michael; Burnier, Michel; Bochud, Murielle; Zwahlen, Marcel; Bender, Nicole; Staub, Kaspar (2022). A quantitative synthesis study on body mass index and associated factors among adult men and women in Switzerland. Journal of nutritional science, 11, e65. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/jns.2022.66
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Excess weight is caused by multiple factors and has increased sharply in Switzerland since the 1990s. Its consequences represent a major challenge for Switzerland, both in terms of health and the economy. Until now, there has been no cross-dataset overview study on excess weight in adults in Switzerland. Therefore, our aim was to conduct the first synthesis on excess weight in Switzerland. We included all existing nationwide Swiss studies (eight total), which included information on body mass index (BMI). Mixed multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the associations between different socio-demographic, lifestyle cofactors and the World Health Organization (WHO) categories for BMI. Along with lifestyle factors, socio-demographic factors were among the strongest determinants of BMI. In addition, self-rated health status was significantly lower for underweight, pre-obese and obese men and women than for normal weight persons. The present study is the first to synthesise all nationwide evidence on the importance of several socio-demographic and lifestyle factors as risk factors for excess weight. In particular, the highlighted importance of lifestyle factors for excess weight opens up the opportunity for further public health interventions.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Zwahlen, Marcel |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
2048-6790 |
Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
Funders: |
[191] Swiss Federal Office of Public Health = Bundesamt für Gesundheit ; [232] Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) = Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen (BLV) |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
24 Aug 2022 13:42 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1017/jns.2022.66 |
PubMed ID: |
35992574 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Body mass index Excess weight Lifestyle factors Obesity Synthesis study |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/172265 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172265 |
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