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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Mendy, Vincent L. ; Vargas, Rodolfo ; Cannon-Smith, Gerri ; Payton, Marinelle
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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.


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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.
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
P20 MD006899/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U50 DP003088/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Mississippi
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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urn:sha256:01c75b5a0fce98a8891d3c40281a7a91fd42fea9b27f07c3d2f52560437e9694
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46744/cdc_46744_DS1.pdf
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