Population-Based Trends in Male Adolescent Obesity in Israel 1967–2003

Gross, Revital; Brammli‐Greenberg, Shuli; Gordon, Barak; Rabinowitz, Jonathan; Afek, Arnon

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.07.011

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“…Indeed, a trend towards higher BMI has been reported in recent years among children in developed countries worldwide, and this trend may be one of the underlying causes of the observed decrease in mean AAM in these countries [22]. Our results could be linked to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity observed among adolescents in Israel in parallel with the rise in the standard of living but also growing income inequality, and increasingly sedentary lifestyle [20,21,23]. …”

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Long-Term Secular Trends in the Age at Menarche in Israel: A Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Analysis

Flash-Luzzatti

Weil²,

Shalev³

et al. 2014

Horm Res Paediatr

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Background/Aims: A worldwide decline in the age at menarche (AAM) has been reported in recent decades. This trend has been also clinically observed among Israeli women and was reported in our previous study. Methods: We reviewed the literature reporting the mean AAM in Israel during the past century. Studies were excluded if participants had been investigated due to illness or any condition which could affect sexual maturation. Mean AAM was analyzed using a simple linear regression weighted for number of participants in each birth cohort and stratified to birth cohorts before and after 1970, based on the outcome of our previous study. Results: AAM varied little among women born between 1875 and 1970, but there was a clear downwards trend from 13.4 in 1970 to 12.8 two decades later. In a stratified analysis we found a significant negative association between birth year and AAM in the birth cohort after 1970 (standardized β coefficient = -0.94 per year, R² = 0.87; p < 0.001). Conclusion: These results suggest a significant decline in mean AAM in Israeli women born in 1970 or later.

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“…Since the late 1960s there have been significant changes in socioeconomic factors in Israel, accompanied by an increase in adolescents' body mass index (BMI) [20,21], which may be associated with a younger AAM [22,23,24]. To the best of our knowledge, a systematic review of secular changes in AAM in Israel has not been carried out to date.…”

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confidence: 99%

Long-Term Secular Trends in the Age at Menarche in Israel: A Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Analysis

Flash-Luzzatti

Weil²,

Shalev³

et al. 2014

Horm Res Paediatr

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“…Our results should be viewed in terms of the increasing prevalence of obesity in childhood and adolescence observed in Israel as well as in the United States (17,39,40). The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Israel (applying the U.S. CDC BMI !…”

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confidence: 85%

Measured Body Mass Index in Adolescence and the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in a Cohort of 1.1 Million Males

Levi

Kark

Barchana

et al. 2011

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background and Aims: The increasing prevalence of adolescent obesity affects adult health. We investigated the association of adolescent overweight with colorectal cancer incidence in a large cohort of males.Methods: Body mass index (BMI) was measured in 1.1 million Jewish Israeli males who underwent a general health examination at ages 16 to 19 between 1967 and 2005. Overweight was defined as BMI ! 85th percentile of the standard U.S. distribution in adolescence. Colorectal cancer was identified by linkage with the Israel National Cancer Registry up to 2006. The mean follow-up period was 17.6 AE 10.9 years, reflecting 19.5 million person-years. Cox proportional hazards modeling was used.Results: The prevalence of adolescent overweight increased from 9.9% to 16.8% in the first 10 and last 10 annual examination cohorts. Colon (n ¼ 445) and rectal cancer (n ¼ 193) cases were detected. Overweight predicted an increased risk of colon cancer [HR ¼ 1.53; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.17-2.02, P ¼ 0.002] but not of rectal cancer (HR ¼ 1.09; 95% CI, 0.38-1.73, P ¼ 0.72). The risk was greatest for nonmucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon (HR ¼ 1.68, 95% CI, 1.26-2.23, P ¼ 0.001). The association of BMI ! 85th percentile with colon cancer was even more pronounced in analyses that were restricted to men followed until at least 40 years of age [N ¼ 367,478; HR ¼ 1.75 (95% CI, 1.33-2.3, P < 0.001)].Conclusions: Adolescent overweight is substantially associated with colon cancer incidence in young to middle-aged adults.Impact: These long-term sequelae add to the urgency to seriously address increasing childhood and adolescent obesity with its attendant increasing population impact. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 20(12); 2524-31. Ó2011 AACR.

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“…Obesity in Israel has increased in the last few decades, both among adolescents [23] and adults [24] . While it rose more steeply over time among adolescent boys in low SES towns [23] , it was found to be negatively associated with SES among women [25] . The social and economic gap between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel is expressed in different dimensions, such as employment rate, wage, accessibility to services, and poverty [26] .…”

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The Socioeconomic and Spatial Dimensions of Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: The Case of Arab and Jewish Towns in Israel

Moran¹,

Moran²,

Goldblatt³

et al. 2015

JEHS

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Childhood and adolescent overweight/obesity is a major burden on public health worldwide. A growing body of empirical evidence highlights the impact of community characteristics of childhood obesity. This study explored socioeconomic and spatial variations of adolescent overweight/obesity in Israel by using an ecological approach. Towns' socioeconomic and spatial characteristics were found associated with adolescent overweight/obesity in opposite directions in Jewish and Arab towns. Adolescent overweight/obesity was found to be more prevalent in Jewish towns characterized by lower socioeconomic rank (SER) and higher peripherality levels and in Arab towns characterized by higher SER and lower peripheraliy levels. Additionally, inequalities were found to be positively related to adolescent overweight/obesity in Jewish towns. After adjusting for SER, the associations between peripherality and adolescent overweight/obesity were attuned in Jewish towns, but not in Arab towns. These findings correspond with the literature, as the results obtained for the Jewish and Arab towns are consistent with studies conducted in developed and in developing countries, respectively. Therefore, the findings highlight the importance of macro level factors enhancing obesity, and suggest that national policy may benefit from town-level interventions addressing adolescent overweight/ obesity. Several explanations to the study's findings are discussed, involving social, environmental and individual factors.

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Population-Based Trends in Male Adolescent Obesity in Israel 1967–2003

Cited by 31 publications

References 8 publications

Long-Term Secular Trends in the Age at Menarche in Israel: A Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Analysis

Long-Term Secular Trends in the Age at Menarche in Israel: A Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Analysis

Measured Body Mass Index in Adolescence and the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in a Cohort of 1.1 Million Males

The Socioeconomic and Spatial Dimensions of Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: The Case of Arab and Jewish Towns in Israel

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