The prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity in Irish adults between 1990 and 2011

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dc.contributor.authorBoylan, Elaine A.
dc.contributor.authorMcNulty, Breige A.
dc.contributor.authorWalton, Janette
dc.contributor.authorFlynn, Albert
dc.contributor.authorNugent, Anne P.
dc.contributor.authorGibney, Michael J.
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marineen
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-02T12:05:02Z
dc.date.available2017-03-02T12:05:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-10
dc.date.updated2017-03-02T11:56:24Z
dc.description.abstractObesity is a serious public health issue, the prevalence of which is increasing globally. The present study aimed to investigate trends in overweight and obesity in Irish adults between 1990 and 2011. Anthropometric data from three Irish national food consumption surveys were used to calculate trends in BMI, waist circumference and waist:hip ratio. Three cross-sectional food consumption surveys: the Irish National Nutrition Survey (1990), the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey (2001) and the National Adult Nutrition Survey (2011). A collective sample of free-living Irish adults (n 3125), aged 18–64 years. There were significant increases in mean weight, height and BMI from 1990 to 2011. Significant increments were also reported in waist and hip circumferences and waist:hip ratio between 2001 and 2011, with concurrent increases in the proportion of individuals at risk of developing CVD, particularly females aged 18–35 years. In 2011, 23·4 % of the Irish population was classified as obese; with the mean BMI increasing by 1·1 kg/m2 between 1990 and 2001 and by 0·6 kg/m2 between 2001 and 2011. The present paper characterises obesity levels in Irish adults from 1990 to 2011. Absolute levels of overweight and obesity have increased between these time points. Of concern is the increase in the proportion of young women classified as at risk of CVD, using waist circumference and waist:hip ratio. Effective prevention strategies are needed to avoid further increases.en
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland and the Health Research Board (Joint Food for Health Research Initiative (2007–12) (grant number 7FHRIUCC2))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationBoylan, E. A., McNulty, B. A., Walton, J., Flynn, A., Nugent, A. P. and Gibney, M. J. (2014) 'The prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity in Irish adults between 1990 and 2011', Public Health Nutrition, 17(11), pp. 2389-2397. doi:10.1017/S1368980014000536en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1368980014000536
dc.identifier.endpage2397en
dc.identifier.issn1368-9800
dc.identifier.issued11en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePublic Health Nutritionen
dc.identifier.startpage2389en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3726
dc.identifier.volume17en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rights© The Authors 2014. Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) on behalf of The Nutrition Societyen
dc.subjectObesityen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectBMIen
dc.subjectWaist circumferenceen
dc.subjectWaist: hip ratioen
dc.titleThe prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity in Irish adults between 1990 and 2011en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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