Deaths Attributable to High Body Mass in Brazil

Details

• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Rabacow, Fabiana M. ; Azeredo, Catarina M. ; Rezende, Leandro F.M.
• Description:
  Our study estimated the proportion of deaths from major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that could be prevented in Brazil by reducing population-wide body mass index (BMI) to different counterfactual (optimally theoretical) scenarios. We calculated population-attributable fractions by using BMI data from a representative national survey and relative risks from a published meta-analysis. Reductions in population-wide BMI could prevent 30,715 to 168,431 deaths from NCDs per year in Brazil. Cardiovascular diseases were the most preventable causes of death (5.8%-31.5% deaths prevented). Policies are needed to reduce population-wide BMI in Brazil.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 16
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  31625870
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6824148
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  16
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:18dde2b18ac9916ba94fc32ed8eb289fdcc9e9bdf3a40435c5bc5f889b9a1770aea934f4baf6bca84f85a90e5d9c8cedf50a8fac89b9df6268cdaaea2007f8ed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83341/cdc_83341_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 204.54 KB ]