Recent Shift of Body Mass Index Distribution in Korea: a Population-based Korea National Health Insurance Database, 2002-2013.
Yeong Sook YoonSang Woo OhPublished in: Journal of Korean medical science (2017)
We investigated trends of obesity prevalence among adult Koreans. Data from 110,280,952 participants who underwent medical examination provided by the National Health Insurance System from 2002-2013 were analyzed. The prevalence of moderate obesity (body mass index [BMI] 25.0-29.9 kg/m²) was slightly increased from 2002 (30.7%) through 2010 (33.1%) and reached a plateau since 2010 among men but continuously decreased from 22.5% in 2002 to 20.9% in 2013 among women. However, severe obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²) was rapidly increased and the prevalence in 2013 (4.2%) was almost doubled the prevalence in 2002 (2.5%). We observed a steep rise of severe obesity as well as potentially right shifting of the obese category.
Keyphrases
- health insurance
- body mass index
- weight gain
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- high fat diet induced
- affordable care act
- adipose tissue
- bariatric surgery
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- physical activity
- emergency department
- electronic health record
- middle aged
- high intensity
- mass spectrometry
- obese patients
- data analysis