Lourdes Ribas-Barba
Biographic Data
| ID | 7552085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lourdes Ribas-Barba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lourdes |
| FAMILY NAME | Ribas-Barba |
| SIGNATURE | RIBAS-BARBA L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: A pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and …
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Who benefits from a dietary online intervention? Evidence from Italy, Spain and Greece
Objective The traditional Mediterranean diet includes high consumption of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes, cereals and nuts, moderate to high intake of fish and dairy products, and low consumption of meat products. Intervention effects to improve adoption of this diet may vary in terms of individuals’ motivational or volitional prerequisites. In the context of a three-country research collaboration, intervention effects on these psychologi…
Knowledge, opinions and behaviours related to food and nutrition in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objectives The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the modification of knowledge, opinions and attitudes to healthy eating, weight perception and dieting practices and preventive habits over a 10-year trend in the Catalan population from 1992 to 2003. Design Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in Catalonia, Spain, during 1992–93 and 2002–03. Subjects In all, 2361 individuals in the ENCAT 1992–93 nutritional survey and 2061 individ…
Obesity and overweight trends in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003): Gender and socio-economic determinants
Objective To evaluate the trends of overweight and obesity prevalences in the population of Catalonia, Spain, aged 18–75 years, and the influence of socio-economic determinants on these prevalence trends. Design Analysis based on data from two representative population-based cross-sectional surveys. Setting Data from the two Evaluations of Nutritional Status in Catalonia (ENCAT 1992–93 and ENCAT 2002–03), Spain. Weights and heights were obtained …
Trends in energy and nutrient intake and risk of inadequate intakes in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objectives To analyse trends in energy and nutrient intakes and nutritional adequacy from 1992 to 2003. Design Two consecutive cross-sectional studies carried out on random samples of the Catalan population ENCAT 1992–93 and ENCAT 2002–03. Dietary intake was assessed by means of two 24-hour recalls on non-consecutive days. Spanish food consumption tables were used. Energy and nutrient data were adjusted for intraindividual variability, and the Sp…
Trends in physical activity status in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Aim The promotion of a healthy and active lifestyle among the population is essential for the prevention of numerous chronic diseases. Physical activity measurement and surveillance is crucial for understanding and evaluating campaigns to promote its practice. Objective To evaluate the 10-year trends in physical activity habits in the Catalan population. Design Two cross-sectional nutritional surveys were carried out within a 10-year interval in …
Methodological limitations in measuring childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight in epidemiological studies: Does overweight fare better than obesity
Objectives International definitions of childhood obesity based on body mass index (BMI) are intended to be used for international comparisons of obesity prevalence. In general, they are not appropriate to be used in clinical practice. The objective of this study is to compare international-ecological vs. national-clinical reference data of obesity in Spain, as well as to describe trends. Design Cross-sectional study from a representative nationa…
Compliance with dietary guidelines in the Catalan population: Basis for a nutrition policy at the regional level (the Paas strategy)
Objective To analyse the degree of compliance with the nutrition objectives and population-based food guides and to indicate possible recommendations for their development within the framework of a Nutrition and Health Policy in Catalonia. Design Using data derived from the latest Catalan Nutrition Survey (ENCAT 2002–03) conducted by the Department of Health, compliance was analysed with respect to the recommendations derived as a result of a pre…
Trends in dietary habits and food consumption in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objective To analyse trends in food habits and food consumption from 1992 to 2003. Design Two consecutive cross-sectional nutrition surveys were carried out on random samples of the Catalan population (Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Catalonia (ENCAT) 1992–93 and ENCAT 2002–03). Dietary intake was assessed by means of two 24-hour recalls on non-consecutive days and a food frequency questionnaire was used to ascertain tendencies in the frequen…
Trends in blood lipids and fat soluble vitamins in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the 10-year trend in lipid and antioxidant vitamin levels in the Catalan population from 1992 to 2003. Design Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in Catalonia, Spain, during 1992–93 and 2002–03. A subsample of the individuals participating in the surveys agreed to undergo a biochemical evaluation. Subjects Eight hundred and eighty individuals (393 males and 487 females) in the 1992–93 nut…
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Knowledge, opinions and behaviours related to food and nutrition in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objectives The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the modification of knowledge, opinions and attitudes to healthy eating, weight perception and dieting practices and preventive habits over a 10-year trend in the Catalan population from 1992 to 2003. Design Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in Catalonia, Spain, during 1992–93 and 2002–03. Subjects In all, 2361 individuals in the ENCAT 1992–93 nutritional survey and 2061 individ…
Obesity and overweight trends in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003): Gender and socio-economic determinants
Objective To evaluate the trends of overweight and obesity prevalences in the population of Catalonia, Spain, aged 18–75 years, and the influence of socio-economic determinants on these prevalence trends. Design Analysis based on data from two representative population-based cross-sectional surveys. Setting Data from the two Evaluations of Nutritional Status in Catalonia (ENCAT 1992–93 and ENCAT 2002–03), Spain. Weights and heights were obtained …
Trends in energy and nutrient intake and risk of inadequate intakes in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objectives To analyse trends in energy and nutrient intakes and nutritional adequacy from 1992 to 2003. Design Two consecutive cross-sectional studies carried out on random samples of the Catalan population ENCAT 1992–93 and ENCAT 2002–03. Dietary intake was assessed by means of two 24-hour recalls on non-consecutive days. Spanish food consumption tables were used. Energy and nutrient data were adjusted for intraindividual variability, and the Sp…
Trends in physical activity status in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Aim The promotion of a healthy and active lifestyle among the population is essential for the prevention of numerous chronic diseases. Physical activity measurement and surveillance is crucial for understanding and evaluating campaigns to promote its practice. Objective To evaluate the 10-year trends in physical activity habits in the Catalan population. Design Two cross-sectional nutritional surveys were carried out within a 10-year interval in …
Methodological limitations in measuring childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight in epidemiological studies: Does overweight fare better than obesity
Objectives International definitions of childhood obesity based on body mass index (BMI) are intended to be used for international comparisons of obesity prevalence. In general, they are not appropriate to be used in clinical practice. The objective of this study is to compare international-ecological vs. national-clinical reference data of obesity in Spain, as well as to describe trends. Design Cross-sectional study from a representative nationa…
Compliance with dietary guidelines in the Catalan population: Basis for a nutrition policy at the regional level (the Paas strategy)
Objective To analyse the degree of compliance with the nutrition objectives and population-based food guides and to indicate possible recommendations for their development within the framework of a Nutrition and Health Policy in Catalonia. Design Using data derived from the latest Catalan Nutrition Survey (ENCAT 2002–03) conducted by the Department of Health, compliance was analysed with respect to the recommendations derived as a result of a pre…
Trends in dietary habits and food consumption in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objective To analyse trends in food habits and food consumption from 1992 to 2003. Design Two consecutive cross-sectional nutrition surveys were carried out on random samples of the Catalan population (Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Catalonia (ENCAT) 1992–93 and ENCAT 2002–03). Dietary intake was assessed by means of two 24-hour recalls on non-consecutive days and a food frequency questionnaire was used to ascertain tendencies in the frequen…
Trends in blood lipids and fat soluble vitamins in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003)
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the 10-year trend in lipid and antioxidant vitamin levels in the Catalan population from 1992 to 2003. Design Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in Catalonia, Spain, during 1992–93 and 2002–03. A subsample of the individuals participating in the surveys agreed to undergo a biochemical evaluation. Subjects Eight hundred and eighty individuals (393 males and 487 females) in the 1992–93 nut…
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: A pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and …
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Who benefits from a dietary online intervention? Evidence from Italy, Spain and Greece
Objective The traditional Mediterranean diet includes high consumption of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes, cereals and nuts, moderate to high intake of fish and dairy products, and low consumption of meat products. Intervention effects to improve adoption of this diet may vary in terms of individuals’ motivational or volitional prerequisites. In the context of a three-country research collaboration, intervention effects on these psychologi…
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Medicine (13 works) · Population (12 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 works) · Obesity (6 works) · Body mass index (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Overweight (5 works)