TY - JOUR
T1 - Household motor vehicle use and weight status among Colombian adults
T2 - Are we driving our way towards obesity?
AU - Parra, Diana C.
AU - Lobelo, Felipe
AU - Gómez, Luis Fernando
AU - Rutt, Candace
AU - Schmid, Thomas
AU - Brownson, Ross C.
AU - Pratt, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge Elkin Martinez for his significant contributions to the statistical analysis and conceptual frameworks in earlier drafts of this manuscript. The National Demographics and Health Survey from Colombia — 2005 was carried out with support from the Family Welfare Colombian Institute, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Colombian Minister for Social Protection, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - Objective: To determine the associations between household motor vehicle ownership and weight status among Colombian adults. Methods: Secondary analysis of data from the 2005 Demographic and HealthSurvey of Colombia. Height, weight and waist circumference were objectively measured in 49,079 adults, ages 18 to 64 that resided in urban settings. Abdominal obesity was defined as a waist circumference > 80 cm in women and > 90 cm in men. Results: Prevalence was 19.9% for motor vehicle ownership in household, 33.1% for BMI between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2, 14.4% for BMI > 30 kg/m2, and 46% for abdominal obesity. Males reporting any household motor vehicle ownership were more likely to be overweight or obese, and to have abdominal obesity (p for gender * exposure variables interaction = < 0.001). Conclusions: Household motor vehicle ownership is associated with overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among Colombian men but not women.
AB - Objective: To determine the associations between household motor vehicle ownership and weight status among Colombian adults. Methods: Secondary analysis of data from the 2005 Demographic and HealthSurvey of Colombia. Height, weight and waist circumference were objectively measured in 49,079 adults, ages 18 to 64 that resided in urban settings. Abdominal obesity was defined as a waist circumference > 80 cm in women and > 90 cm in men. Results: Prevalence was 19.9% for motor vehicle ownership in household, 33.1% for BMI between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2, 14.4% for BMI > 30 kg/m2, and 46% for abdominal obesity. Males reporting any household motor vehicle ownership were more likely to be overweight or obese, and to have abdominal obesity (p for gender * exposure variables interaction = < 0.001). Conclusions: Household motor vehicle ownership is associated with overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among Colombian men but not women.
KW - Automobile
KW - Latin America
KW - Nutritional transition
KW - Obesity
KW - Overweight
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 19632267
AN - SCOPUS:70349417714
SN - 0091-7435
VL - 49
SP - 179
EP - 183
JO - Preventive Medicine
JF - Preventive Medicine
IS - 2-3
ER -