Modernization and the onset of overweight and obesity in bougainville and solomon islands children
Cross‐sectional and longitudinal comparisons between 1966 and 1986
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8314064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles A Weitz (0000-0001-5222-6966, Temple University, corresponding author), Françoise R Friedlaender (Temple University), Andrew Van Horn (0000-0002-5203-8049, Temple University), Jonathan S Friedlaender (Temple University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 149 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435-446 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.22141 |
| PMID | 23042600 |
| OpenAlex | W2162259518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 55 |
This set of cross‐sectional and longitudinal data from children and young adults in certain Bougainville and Solomon Islands populations undergoing rapid modernization during the period 1966–1986 reveals very different responses to essentially the same stimuli—the introduction and widespread availability of western dietary items and reductions in habitual activity. Our analyses of over 2,000 children and young adults first measured in 1966–1972, with follow‐up surveys in 1968–1970 and 1985–1986, show changes in overweight/obesity in these communities have their onset around puberty, and are not related to differences in childhood growth stunting. The prevalence of overweight and obesity increased substantially during the period of this study among young adults, particularly women, and in groups with more Polynesian affinities, where the frequency of overweight (BMI ≥ 25) tripled over this 20‐year interval. However, the BMI of the more Papuan groups on Bougainville remained remarkably stable, even though they were close to the epicenter of modernization during this period, the Bougainville Copper Mine. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Childhood obesity · Cross-sectional study · Geography · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Modernization theory · Obesity · Overweight · Political science · Sociology · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Endocrinology · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Medicine · Gerontology · Pediatrics
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