Has the obesity epidemic reached Norway?;Er fedmeepidemien kommet til Norge?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-37

  Ulset, Elisabeth ^a   Undheim, Rut ^a   Malterud, Kirsti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846109252     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. James PT. Obesity: the worldwide epidemic. Clin Dermatol 2004; 22: 276-80.
2. WHO. Obesity and overweight, 2003. (www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/ publications/facts/obesity/en/ (4.10.2005).)
3. Bray GA. Medical consequences of obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004; 89: 2583-9.
4. WHO. Obesity: Preventing and managing the global epidemic, 2000.
5. WHO. The World Health Report 2002-Reducing risks, promoting healthy life, 2002.
6. 1 Vekt - helse. Oslo: Statens Råd for ernæring og fysisk aktivitet, 2000.
7. St.meld. nr. 16 (2003). Resept for et sunnere Norge.
8. Fakta om overvekt og fedme. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, 2004. (www.fhi.no (5.10.2005).)
9. Helseundersøkelsen i Troms og Finmark 2001-2003. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, Oslo. (www.fhi.no/eway/ (10.10.2005).)
10. Overvekt og andelen fysisk inaktive i Hedmark. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, 2003. (www.fhi.no/eway/ (10.10.2005).)
11. Overvekt og fysisk inaktivitet i Oppland. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, 2003. (www.fhi.no/eway/ (10.10.2005).)
12. HUBRO. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, 2005. (www.fhi.no/eway/ (10.10.2005).)
13. Tverdal A. Forekomsten av fedme blant 40-42-åringer i to perioder. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2001; 121: 667-72.
14. Sundquist K, Qvist J, Johansson SE et al. Increasing trends of obesity in Sweden between 1996/97 and 2000/01. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2004; 28: 254-61.
15. Lindstrom M, Isacsson SO, Merlo J. Increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity and physical inactivity: two population-based studies 1986 and 1994. Eur J Public Health 2003; 13: 306-12.
16. Lissner L, Johansson SE, Qvist J et al. Social mapping of the obesity epidemic in Sweden. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000; 24: 801-5.
17. Bendixen H, Holst C, Sorensen TI et al. Major increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity between 1987 and 2001 among Danish adults. Obes Res 2004; 12: 1464-72.
18. Heitmann BL. Ten-year trends in overweight and obesity among Danish men and women aged 30-60 years. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000; 24: 1347-52.
19. Heitmann BL, Stroger U, Mikkelsen KL et al. Large heterogeneity of the obesity epidemic in Danish adults. Public Health Nutr 2004; 7: 453-60.
20. Rennie KL, Jebb SA. Prevalence of obesity in Great Britain. Obes Rev 2005; 6: 11-2.
21. Hedley AA, Ogden CL, Johnson CL et al. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002. JAMA 2004; 291: 2847-50.
22. Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL et al. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000. JAMA 2002; 288: 1723-7.
23. Zhang Q, Wang Y. Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in U.S. adults: 1971 to 2000. Obes Res 2004; 12: 1622-32.
24. Spencer EA, Appleby PN, Davey GK et al. Validity of self-reported height and weight in 4808 EPIC-Oxford participants. Public Health Nutr 2002; 5: 561-5.
25. Levekårsundersøkelsen 2002. Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå, 2004.
26. Jacobsen BK, Njølstad I, Thune I et al. Increase in weight in all birth cohorts in a general population. The Tromsø Study, 1974-1994. Arch Intern Med 2001; 161: 466-72.
27. Forsdahl A. Observations throwing light on the high mortality in the county of Finnmark: Is the high mortality today a late effect of very poor living conditions in childhood and adolescence? Int J Epidemiol 2002; 31: 302-8.
28. Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon (4. utg.) 2005-2007 - Epidemi. www.snl.no/article.html?id=531033 (7.7.2006).
29. Wilsgaard T, Arnesen E. Change in serum lipids and body mass index by age, sex, and smoking status: The Tromsø Study 1986-1995. Ann Epidemiol 2004; 14: 265-73.
30. World Watch Institute. www.worldwatch.org/ (8.11.2005).
31. Helsedepartementet. St.prp. nr. 1 (2005-2006) for budsjettåret 2006. http://odin.dep.no/hod/norsk/dok/regpubl/stprp/048051-030002/hov005-bn. html (15.9.2005).
32. Meyer HE, Tverdal A. Development of body weight in the Norwegian population. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2005; 73: 3-7.
33. Waaler HT. Hazard of obesity - the Norwegian experience. Acta Med Scand Suppl 1988; (suppl 723): 17-21.
34. Elvbakken KT. Korrekt vektkontroll - kampanjer i kampen mot overvekt. I: Solvang P, Elvbakken KT, red. Helsebilder: sunnhet og sykdom i kulturelt perspektiv. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, 2002: 41-66.
35. Howard BV, Van Horn L, Hsia J et al. Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. JAMA 2006; 295: 655-66.
36. Keith SW, Redden DT, Katzmarzyk PT et al. Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: exploring the roads less traveled. Int J Obes 2006; 30: 1585-94. E-publisert 27.6. 2006.
37. Lawlor D, Chaturvedi N. Treatment and prevention of obesity - are there critical periods for intervention? Int J Epidemiol 2006; 35: 3-9.
38. Strømme SB, Høstmark AT. Fysisk aktivitet, overvekt og fedme. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2000; 120: 3578-82.
39. Olsen LW, Baker JL, Holst C. Birth cohort effect on the obesity epidemic in Denmark. Epidemiology 2006; 17: 292-5.
40. Due P, Heitmann BL, Sorensen TI. Adipositasepidemien i Danmark. Ugeskr Laeger 2006; 168: 129-32.