Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Ali H. Mokdad; Charbel El Bcheraoui; Ashkan Afshin; Raghid Charara; Ibrahim Khalil; Maziar Moradi-Lakeh; Nicholas J. Kassebaum; Michael Collison; Farah Daoud; Kristopher J. Krohn; Adrienne Chew; Stan H. Biryukov; Leslie Cornaby; Kyle J. Foreman; Michael Kutz; Patrick Liu; Marissa Reitsma; Patrick Sur; Haidong Wang; Ben Zipkin; Johan Ärnlöv; Cristiana Abbafati; Abdishakur M. Abdulle; Niveen M.E. Abu-Rmeileh; Muktar Beshir Ahmed; Ziyad Al-Aly; Khurshid Alam; Reza Alizadeh-Navaei; Ala'a Alkerwi; Khalid A. Altirkawi; Nelson Alvis-Guzman; Bernhard T. Baune; Neeraj Bedi; Derrick A. Bennett; Addisu S. Beyene; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Mulugeta M. Birhanu; Hadi Danawi; Seyed Mohammad Fereshtehnejad; Florian Fischer; Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot; Paramjit Singh Gill; Philimon N. Gona; Vipin Gupta; Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold; Randah Ribhi Hamadeh; Samer Hamidi; Habtamu Abera Hareri; Masako Horino; Mohamed Hsairi; Mehdi Javanbakht; Denny John; Jost B. Jonas; Vasna Joshua; Amir Kasaeian; Ezra B. Ketema; Yousef Saleh Khader; Ejaz Ahmad Khan; Hong Lee; Daniel Kim; Yun Jin Kim; Yohannes Kinfu; Yoshihiro Kokubo; Heidi J. Larson; Paul H. Lee; Raimundas Lunevicius; Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek; Mohammed Magdy Abd El Razek; Reza Malekzadeh; Kedar K. Mate; Ziad A. Memish; Mubarek Abera Mengistie; George A. Mensah; Felix Akpojene Ogbo; Farshad Pourmalek; Anwar Rafay; Mostafa Qorbani; Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar; Saleem M. Rana; Salman Rawaf; Andre M.N. Renzaho; Satar Rezaei; Mohammad Sadegh Rezai; Mahdi Safdarian; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Payman Salamati; Abdallah M. Samy

doi:10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5

Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Ali H. Mokdad
, Charbel El Bcheraoui
, Ashkan Afshin
, Raghid Charara
, Ibrahim Khalil
, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
, Nicholas J. Kassebaum
, Michael Collison
, Farah Daoud
, Kristopher J. Krohn
, Adrienne Chew
, Stan H. Biryukov
, Leslie Cornaby
, Kyle J. Foreman
, Michael Kutz
, Patrick Liu
, Marissa Reitsma
, Patrick Sur
, Haidong Wang
, Ben Zipkin

Johan Ärnlöv, Cristiana Abbafati, Abdishakur M. Abdulle, Niveen M.E. Abu-Rmeileh, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Ziyad Al-Aly, Khurshid Alam, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei, Ala'a Alkerwi, Khalid A. Altirkawi, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Bernhard T. Baune, Neeraj Bedi, Derrick A. Bennett, Addisu S. Beyene, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Mulugeta M. Birhanu, Hadi Danawi, Seyed Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Florian Fischer, Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot, Paramjit Singh Gill, Philimon N. Gona, Vipin Gupta, Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold, Randah Ribhi Hamadeh, Samer Hamidi, Habtamu Abera Hareri, Masako Horino, Mohamed Hsairi, Mehdi Javanbakht, Denny John, Jost B. Jonas, Vasna Joshua, Amir Kasaeian, Ezra B. Ketema, Yousef Saleh Khader, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Hong Lee, Daniel Kim, Yun Jin Kim, Yohannes Kinfu, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Heidi J. Larson, Paul H. Lee, Raimundas Lunevicius, Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek, Mohammed Magdy Abd El Razek, Reza Malekzadeh, Kedar K. Mate, Ziad A. Memish, Mubarek Abera Mengistie, George A. Mensah, Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Farshad Pourmalek, Anwar Rafay, Mostafa Qorbani, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Saleem M. Rana, Salman Rawaf, Andre M.N. Renzaho, Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Mahdi Safdarian, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Payman Salamati, Abdallah M. Samy

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Abstract

Objectives: We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods: We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (2–19 years) and adults (≥20 years) in 1980 and 2015. The burden of disease related to high BMI was calculated using the GBD comparative risk assessment approach. Results: The prevalence of obesity increased for adults from 15.1% (95% UI 13.4–16.9) in 1980 to 20.7% (95% UI 18.8–22.8) in 2015. It increased from 4.1% (95% UI 2.9–5.5) to 4.9% (95% UI 3.6–6.4) for the same period among children. In 2015, there were 417,115 deaths and 14,448,548 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high BMI in EMR, which constitute about 10 and 6.3% of total deaths and DALYs, respectively, for all ages. Conclusions: This is the first study to estimate trends in obesity burden for the EMR from 1980 to 2015. We call for EMR countries to invest more resources in prevention and health promotion efforts to reduce this burden.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-176
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Public Health
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Burden of disease
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Obesity

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Mokdad, A. H., El Bcheraoui, C., Afshin, A., Charara, R., Khalil, I., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Kassebaum, N. J., Collison, M., Daoud, F., Krohn, K. J., Chew, A., Biryukov, S. H., Cornaby, L., Foreman, K. J., Kutz, M., Liu, P., Reitsma, M., Sur, P., Wang, H., ... Samy, A. M. (2018). Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5

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AU - Charara, Raghid

AU - Khalil, Ibrahim

AU - Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar

AU - Kassebaum, Nicholas J.

AU - Collison, Michael

AU - Daoud, Farah

AU - Krohn, Kristopher J.

AU - Chew, Adrienne

AU - Biryukov, Stan H.

AU - Cornaby, Leslie

AU - Foreman, Kyle J.

AU - Kutz, Michael

AU - Liu, Patrick

AU - Reitsma, Marissa

AU - Sur, Patrick

AU - Wang, Haidong

AU - Zipkin, Ben

AU - Ärnlöv, Johan

AU - Abbafati, Cristiana

AU - Abdulle, Abdishakur M.

AU - Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.

AU - Beshir Ahmed, Muktar

AU - Al-Aly, Ziyad

AU - Alam, Khurshid

AU - Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza

AU - Alkerwi, Ala'a

AU - Altirkawi, Khalid A.

AU - Alvis-Guzman, Nelson

AU - Baune, Bernhard T.

AU - Bedi, Neeraj

AU - Bennett, Derrick A.

AU - Beyene, Addisu S.

AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

AU - Birhanu, Mulugeta M.

AU - Danawi, Hadi

AU - Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad

AU - Fischer, Florian

AU - Tewelde Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye

AU - Singh Gill, Paramjit

AU - Gona, Philimon N.

AU - Gupta, Vipin

AU - Dejenie Habtewold, Tesfa

AU - Ribhi Hamadeh, Randah

AU - Hamidi, Samer

AU - Abera Hareri, Habtamu

AU - Horino, Masako

AU - Hsairi, Mohamed

AU - Javanbakht, Mehdi

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AU - Ketema, Ezra B.

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AU - Kinfu, Yohannes

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AU - Larson, Heidi J.

AU - Lee, Paul H.

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AU - Magdy Abd El Razek, Hassan

AU - Magdy Abd El Razek, Mohammed

AU - Malekzadeh, Reza

AU - Mate, Kedar K.

AU - Memish, Ziad A.

AU - Abera Mengistie, Mubarek

AU - Mensah, George A.

AU - Akpojene Ogbo, Felix

AU - Pourmalek, Farshad

AU - Rafay, Anwar

AU - Qorbani, Mostafa

AU - Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa

AU - Rana, Saleem M.

AU - Rawaf, Salman

AU - Renzaho, Andre M.N.

AU - Rezaei, Satar

AU - Sadegh Rezai, Mohammad

AU - Safdarian, Mahdi

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AU - Salamati, Payman

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Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

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