PMID- 37492420
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230727
IS  - 2772-3682 (Electronic)
IS  - 2772-3682 (Linking)
VI  - 14
DP  - 2023 Jul
TI  - Abdominal obesity in India: analysis of the National Family Health Survey-5 
      (2019-2021) data.
PG  - 100208
LID - 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100208 [doi]
LID - 100208
AB  - BACKGROUND: The ever-growing trend of abdominal obesity worldwide has garnered 
      global attention over the past three decades. In India, BMI has conventionally 
      been used to measure obesity. National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is the largest 
      demographic and health survey (DHS) in India. For the first time, the NFHS 
      conducted the fifth round in 2019-21 which assessed abdominal obesity through 
      waist circumference. The objective of the current study was to determine the 
      prevalence of abdominal obesity and explore the associated socioeconomic factors. 
      METHODS: The prevalence of abdominal obesity in India was determined using the 
      NFHS-5 dataset, where waist circumference was used as a measure. Multivariable 
      binary logistic regression was then employed to examine the association of 
      different socioeconomic factors with abdominal obesity. FINDINGS: The prevalence 
      of abdominal obesity in the country was found to be 40% in women and 12% in men. 
      The findings show that 5-6 out of 10 women between the ages of 30-49 are 
      abdominally obese. The association of abdominal obesity in women is stronger with 
      older age groups, urban residents, wealthier sections, and non-vegetarians. For 
      those practising the Sikh religion, the prevalence is higher in both men and 
      women. Abdominal obesity is also on the rise in rural areas and is penetrating 
      lower and middle socioeconomic sections of society. INTERPRETATION: The findings 
      of the current study highlight the need for the government and other stakeholders 
      to proactively design targeted interventions for abdominal obesity, especially 
      for women in their thirties and forties in India. Further research is recommended 
      to understand the driving factors of abdominal obesity, their inter-operability, 
      and the disease risk associated with this type of obesity. FUNDING: None.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Author(s).
FAU - Chaudhary, Monika
AU  - Chaudhary M
AD  - IIHMR University, Jaipur, India.
AD  - Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
FAU - Sharma, Priyanshu
AU  - Sharma P
AD  - IIHMR University, Jaipur, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230512
PL  - England
TA  - Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
JT  - The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia
JID - 9918419282806676
PMC - PMC10363491
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Abdominal obesity
OT  - Central obesity
OT  - India
OT  - Middle aged women
OT  - Waist circumference
COIS- None.
EDAT- 2023/07/26 06:43
MHDA- 2023/07/26 06:44
PMCR- 2023/05/12
CRDT- 2023/07/26 03:50
PHST- 2022/07/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/12/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/04/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/07/26 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2023/07/26 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/07/26 03:50 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/05/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2772-3682(23)00068-9 [pii]
AID - 100208 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100208 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2023 May 12;14:100208. doi: 
      10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100208. eCollection 2023 Jul.