Overweight, Obesity, and Extreme Obesity Among Mississippi Adults, 2001–2010 and 2011–2015

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Mendy, Vincent L. ; Vargas, Rodolfo ; Cannon-Smith, Gerri ; Payton, Marinelle
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  In 2015, about 1.5 million adults in Mississippi were overweight or obese. Obesity is associated with increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular problems. We examined trends in the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and extreme obesity from 2001 through 2010 and 2011 through 2015.
  
  Methods
  
  We used data from the Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to analyze trends in the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and extreme obesity among adults from 2001 through 2010 and 2011 through 2015. Joinpoint software was used to examine annual percentage change (APC) in the prevalence of each condition overall and by sex and race.
  
  Results
  
  We observed a significant decrease in overweight prevalence from 2001 to 2010, both overall (APC, −1.3%) and among men (APC, −2.0%), blacks (APC, −1.0%), and whites (APC, −1.5%), but not among women. The overall prevalence of both obesity (APC, 2.9%) and extreme obesity (APC, 3.6%) increased significantly, and these increases occurred across all subgroups for both obesity (men APC, 3.5%; women APC, 2.5%; blacks APC, 1.9%; and whites APC, 3.8%) and extreme obesity (men APC, 6.7%; women APC, 2.5%; blacks APC, 2.2%; and whites APC, 5.0%). From 2011 to 2015, the only significant change was an increase in the prevalence of extreme obesity among whites (APC, 2.6%).
  
  Conclusion
  
  The increasing proportion of adult Mississippians in the 2 highest-risk BMI categories warrants urgent community and clinical obesity interventions. Community-tailored and sustained obesity prevention, treatment, and control programs that include diet and physical activity are needed to address the obesity epidemic.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Black Or African American Female Humans Male Overweight/classification Overweight/epidemiology Overweight/ethnology White People
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 14.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160554
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  28641072
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5484004
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P20 MD006899/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U50 DP003088/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Mississippi
• Volume:
  14
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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