PMID- 17164831
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070625
LR  - 20070813
IS  - 0954-3007 (Print)
IS  - 0954-3007 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 5
DP  - 2007 May
TI  - Obesity in adults: an emerging problem in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City, 
      Vietnam.
PG  - 673-81
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight among 
      Vietnamese adults living in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. 
      DESIGN: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in the local health stations of 
      30 randomly selected wards, which represent all 13 urban districts of HCMC, over 
      a period of 2 months from March to April 2004. SUBJECTS: A total of 1488 
      participants aged 20-60 years completed the interview, physical examination and 
      venous blood collection. MEASUREMENTS: Anthropometric measurements of body 
      weight, height, waist and hip circumference were taken to construct indicators of 
      adiposity including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and 
      waist-to-height and waist-to-hip ratios. Both systolic and diastolic blood 
      pressure and biochemical indicators of cardiovascular disease and type II 
      diabetes risk (lipid profile and fasting blood glucose) were also measured. 
      RESULTS: The age and sex standardized prevalence of overweight and obesity using 
      Asian specific BMI cutoffs of 23.0 and 27.5 kg/m2 was 26.2 and 6.4%, 
      respectively. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was slightly higher in 
      females (33.6%) than males (31.6%), and progressively increased with age. The age 
      and sex-standardized prevalence of underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) among Vietnamese 
      adults living in HCMC was 20.4%. The prevalence was slightly higher in males 
      (22.0%) than in females (18.9%), and there was a much higher prevalence in all 
      underweight categories in younger women than in men but this was reversed for 
      older men. CONCLUSION: The adult population in HCMC Vietnam is in an early 
      'nutrition transition' with approximately equal prevalence of low and high BMI. 
      The prevalence of overweight and obesity of Vietnamese urban adults was lower 
      than that reported for other east and southeast Asian countries.
FAU - Cuong, T Q
AU  - Cuong TQ
AD  - Nutrition Centre Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Dibley, M J
AU  - Dibley MJ
FAU - Bowe, S
AU  - Bowe S
FAU - Hanh, T T M
AU  - Hanh TT
FAU - Loan, T T H
AU  - Loan TT
LA  - eng
GR  - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20061213
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Clin Nutr
JT  - European journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 8804070
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Malnutrition/epidemiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nutritional Status/*physiology
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Urban Health
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
MH  - Waist-Hip Ratio
EDAT- 2006/12/14 09:00
MHDA- 2007/06/26 09:00
CRDT- 2006/12/14 09:00
PHST- 2006/12/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/06/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/12/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1602563 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602563 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007 May;61(5):673-81. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602563. Epub 2006 
      Dec 13.