The prevalence of adults who are obese is still high, with about one-third of adults obese in 2007-2008, although new data suggest that the rate of increase for obesity in recent decades may be slowing, according to a new report from the United States.
In the study, doctors examined the latest national data from 2007-2008 regarding trends in obesity and compared the results with data for 1999 through 2006.
“For women, the prevalence of obesity showed no statistically significant changes over the 10-year period from 1999 through 2008. For men, there was a significant linear trend over the same period, but estimates for the period 2003-2004, 2005-2006, and 2007-2008 did not differ significantly from each other,” the study’s authors wrote.
“These data suggest that the increases in the prevalence of obesity previously observed between 1976-1980 and 1988-1994 and between 1988-1994 and 1999-2000 may not be continuing at a similar level over the period 1999-2008, particularly for women but possibly for men,” the authors added.
JAMA 2010;303:235-241
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