dc.contributor.author |
Simmons, G |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jackson, Rodney |
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dc.contributor.author |
Swinburn, Boyd |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lay Yee, Roy |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
NEW ZEALAND |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-27T00:23:02Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1996-03-22 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
N Z Med J 109(1018):90-92 22 Mar 1996 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0028-8446 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/15577 |
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dc.description.abstract |
AIMS: To describe recent trends in body mass in Auckland, and to determine whether associated changes in cigarette smoking and physical activity could explain these trends. METHODS: Risk factors for coronary heart disease were measured in three age-stratified random samples of Europeans aged 35-64 years using a standard protocol in 1982, 1986-8 and 1993-4. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight in kg/(height in m2), with overweight or obese being defined as BMI>25. Results. The age-standardised mean BMI increased from 26.6 (25.4-25.8) to 26.4 (26.2-26.7) in men and from 24.6 (24.2-24.9) to 25.1 (24.8-25.5) in women between 1982 and 1993-4. The prevalence of overweight and obese people increased from 52.8% (48.1-57.7) to 64.2% (58.1-70.3) in men and from 36.5% (31.5-41.5) to 44.9% (39.7-50.1) in women. Self reported cigarette smoking declined between 1982 and 1993-94 with an associated increase in the prevalence of ex-smokers. The change in smoking status accounted for only 7% and 10% of the observed increase in BMI in men and women respectively. Most of the observed change in BMI was due to a general increase in BMI in all smoking categories in both sexes. The prevalence o leisure time physical activity increased in both sexes between 1986-88 and 1993-94 while work physical activity decreased. The change in physical activity should have decreased mean BMI by approximately 4% in men and 14% in women. As with smoking there was a trend towards increasing mean BMI irrespective of the activity undertaken. CONCLUSION: Recent trends in smoking cessation explain only a small percentage of the increase in body mass while the trends in physical activity would have predicted a small decrease in the prevalence of obesity, contrary to the observed trends. By exclusion, an increase in total energy intake, is the most likely explanation for the observed trends. |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
New Zealand Medical Association |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
New Zealand Medical Journal |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Adult |
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dc.subject |
Age Distribution |
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dc.subject |
Body Mass Index |
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dc.subject |
Exercise |
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dc.subject |
Female |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Male |
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dc.subject |
Middle Aged |
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dc.subject |
New Zealand |
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dc.subject |
Obesity |
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dc.subject |
Prevalence |
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dc.subject |
Questionnaires |
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dc.subject |
Random Allocation |
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dc.subject |
Sex Distribution |
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dc.subject |
Smoking |
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dc.subject |
Urban Population |
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dc.title |
The increasing prevalence of obesity in New Zealand: is it related to recent trends in smoking and physical activity? |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
1018 |
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pubs.begin-page |
90 |
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pubs.volume |
109 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: New Zealand Medical Association |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
8606842 |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8606842 |
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pubs.end-page |
92 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
166391 |
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pubs.org-id |
Arts |
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pubs.org-id |
Arts Research |
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pubs.org-id |
Compass |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Population Health |
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pubs.org-id |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2012-09-14 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
8606842 |
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