A reversal in the obesity epidemic? A quasi-cohort and gender-oriented analysis in Spain

The prevalence of obesity has recently stabilized in some developed countries. Some studies show this stabilization in Spain, but they do not analyse its evolution by cohort. This paper analyses the transformation of the Spanish population over time and between quasi-cohorts of weight change by age...

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Published in:Demographic research 2022, Vol.46, p.273-290
Main Authors: García-González, Juan Manuel, Martín-Criado, Enrique
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Age
Age differences
Age groups
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Cohort analysis
Control
Demographic aspects
Descriptive Finding
Developed countries
Epidemics
Evolution
Gender
Health aspects
Health surveys
Human body
Industrialized nations
Men
Obesity
Overweight
Population
Prostitution
Sex
Sex distribution (Demography)
Spain
Stabilization
Surveys
Transformation
Transsexuality
Trends
Variance analysis
Weight control
Weight gain
Women
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Age differences
Age groups
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
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Demographic aspects
Descriptive Finding
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Epidemics
Evolution
Gender
Health aspects
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Population
Prostitution
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Stabilization
Surveys
Transformation
Transsexuality
Trends
Variance analysis
Weight control
Weight gain
Women
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