Publication: Prevalence of obesity in Thailand
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2009-11-01
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1467789X
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14677881
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Mahidol University
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Obesity Reviews. Vol.10, No.6 (2009), 589-592
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W. Aekplakorn, L. Mo-Suwan Prevalence of obesity in Thailand. Obesity Reviews. Vol.10, No.6 (2009), 589-592. doi:10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00626.x Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/27874
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Prevalence of obesity in Thailand
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The prevalence of obesity in Thailand has been doubled in the past two decades. Data from three consecutive National Health examination surveys (NHES) have shown a secular trend, as the prevalence of obesity with body mass index ≥25 kg m-2 in adults increased from 13.0% in men and 23.2% in women in 1991 to 18.6% and 29.5% in 1997 and 22.4% and 34.3% in 2004 respectively. Obesity prevalence in children, using weight for height criteria, increased from 5.8% in 1997 to 7.9% in 2001 for the 2-5-year-olds and from 5.8% to 6.7% for the 6-12-year-olds. The data also show disproportionate increases of obesity in the rural area, which indicates the problem no longer restricts to the higher socioeconomic group. © 2009 International Association for the Study of Obesity.