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An R, Andrade F, Chiu CY. Overweight and obesity among U.S. adults with and without disability, 1999-2012. Prev Med Rep. 2015;2:419-22doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.001.
An, R., Andrade, F., & Chiu, C. Y. (2015). Overweight and obesity among U.S. adults with and without disability, 1999-2012. Preventive medicine reports, 2419-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.001
An, Ruopeng, et al. "Overweight and obesity among U.S. adults with and without disability, 1999-2012." Preventive medicine reports vol. 2 (2015): 419-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.001
An R, Andrade F, Chiu CY. Overweight and obesity among U.S. adults with and without disability, 1999-2012. Prev Med Rep. 2015 May 12;2:419-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.001. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26844099; PMCID: PMC4721340.
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Prev Med Rep. 2015 May 12;2:419-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.001. eCollection 2015.

Overweight and obesity among U.S. adults with and without disability, 1999-2012.

Preventive medicine reports

Ruopeng An, Flavia Andrade, Chung-Yi Chiu

Affiliations

  1. Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

PMID: 26844099 PMCID: PMC4721340 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.001

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Examine the relationship between disability and overweight/obesity among U.S. adults.

METHODS: Study sample (N = 30,363) came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2012 waves. Disability was classified into five domains using standardized indices. Any disability was defined as having any difficulty in performing at least one of the activities in any of the five disability domains. Logistic regressions were conducted to estimate the association between disability and overweight/obesity, adjusted by individual characteristics and multiyear complex sampling design.

RESULTS: Over a quarter (25.99%) of U.S. adults 20 years and older reported having any disability. The overweight/obesity rates across all disability domains were substantially higher than their nondisabled counterparts. The rate of overweight and obesity combined (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2)), obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2)), grade 2 and 3 obesity combined (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m(2)), and grade 3 obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m(2)) among people with any disability were 1.14 (73.54% versus 64.50%), 1.38 (41.37% versus 29.99%), 1.71 (19.81% versus 11.60%), and 1.94 (8.60% versus 4.43%) times the corresponding rate among people without disability, respectively. Compared with their nondisabled counterparts, the adjusted odds of overweight and obesity combined, obesity, grade 2 and 3 obesity combined, and grade 3 obesity were 24% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 14%-36%), 32% (95% CI: 22%-44%), 49% (95% CI: 35%-64%), and 55% (95% CI: 27%-89%) higher among people with any disability, respectively.

CONCLUSION: People with disabilities have substantially higher risk of obesity compared to their nondisabled peers.

Keywords: Disability; Obesity; Overweight

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