Journal Article

Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Collison, Michael, Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Younis, Mustafa Z, Naghavi, Mohsen, Mohammed Magdy Abd El Razek, Hamadeh, Randah Ribhi, Mensah, George A, Hamidi, Samer, Mubarek Abera Mengistie, Larson, Heidi J, Pourmalek, Farshad, Abdulle, Abdishakur M, Andre M N N Renzaho, Ogbo, Felix Akpojene, Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold, Anwar Rafay, Cornaby, Leslie, Yousef Saleh Khader, Kokubo, Yoshihiro, Rawaf, Salman, Javanbakht, Mehdi, Wakayo, Tolassa, Vlassov, Vasiliy Victorovich, eman, Kyle J, Habtamu Abera Hareri, Juan Ramon Sanabria, Khalil, Ibrahim, Sepanlou, Sadaf G, Abbafati, Cristiana, Hay, Simon I, Krohn, Kristopher J, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Reitsma, Marissa, Biryukov, Stan H, Jumaan, Aisha O, Danawi, Hadi, Milena M Santric Milicevic, Gona, Philimon N, Ärnlöv, Johan, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Liu, Patrick, Alam, Khurshid, Khubchandani, Jagdish, Masood Ali Shaikh, Sur, Patrick, Mate, Kedar K, Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde, Malekzadeh, Reza, Kassebaum, Nicholas J, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Baune, Bernhard T, Tenaw Yimer Tiruye, Birhanu, Mulugeta M, Altirkawi, Khalid A, Bedi, Neeraj, Santos Silva, Diego Augusto, Afshin, Ashkan

2018

Overview

Objectives We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach. Results The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages. Conclusions This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Body Mass Index / Child / Child, Preschool / Environmental Health / Female / Global Burden of Disease - statistics & numerical data / Health and Welfare / Health risk assessment / Humans / Hälsa och välfärd / Male / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mediterranean Region - epidemiology / Middle Aged / Middle East - epidemiology / Obesity / Obesity - economics / Obesity - epidemiology / Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine / Original / Original Article / Prevalence / Public Health / Quality-Adjusted Life Years / Risk Assessment / Young Adult