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Studies on the European prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) among the adult population based on self-reported and direct measurements. |
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Direct measure |
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| Population |
Year of Survey/Reference |
Men |
Women |
Year of Survey/Reference |
Men |
Women |
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| Denmark |
2001 [80] |
11.8 |
12.5 |
1991–1994 [48] |
12.3 |
11.2 |
| Finland |
1994 [81] |
12.2 |
12.9 |
1992 [51] |
14.2 |
14.9 |
| Germany |
2002 [82] |
12.1 |
10.3 |
1998 [55] |
18.8 |
21.7 |
| Greece |
2002 [2] |
20.1 |
16.6 |
2001–2002 [57], [58], [59], [60] |
20.0 |
15.0 |
| Italy* |
1991 [83] |
7.0 |
6.1 |
1998–2000 [3] |
22.0 |
27.7 |
| Lithuania |
2002 [84] |
16.2 |
16.0 |
1997 [32] |
11.4 |
6.0 |
| Netherlands |
2001 [85] |
8.9 |
12.4 |
1993–1997 [65], [66] |
8.6 |
9.5 |
| Portugal |
1998–1999 [86] |
11.5 |
14.2 |
[13] |
13.9 |
26.1 |
| Spain |
1993 [87] |
8.1 |
8.2 |
1992–1996 [12] |
28.3 |
30.0 |
| Sweden |
2000–2001 [29] |
9.6 |
9.3 |
1999 [76] |
14.6 |
15.7 |
| Switzerland |
2000 [88] |
6.0 |
4.0 |
2003 [78] |
15.0 |
11.0 |
| United Kingdom |
2000–2001 [89] |
22.0 |
22.0 |
2003 [79] |
22.2 |
23.0 |
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Data from selected countries, where studies best matching with regard to sample characteristics and survey date were available. *Sample characteristics differ between direct measured samples and self report samples. | ||||||
Berghöfer et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:200 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-200 |
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