Body mass index, life-style, and healthy status in free living elderly people in menorca island

OBJECTIVES: To assess the BMI, life-style, and healthy status, and explore relationships between these parameters, among Menorca’s free living elderly people. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey carried out in Menorca Island in 2009. A random sample (n=450) of the elderly population (≥65 years) was in...

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Published in:The Journal of nutrition, health & aging health & aging, 2012-04, Vol.16 (4), p.298-305
Main Authors: Ferra, A, Del Mar Bibiloni, M, Zapata, M. E, Pich, J, Pons, A, Tur, Josep A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Anniversaries
arthritis
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
bone fractures
bronchitis
Cross-Sectional Studies
diabetes mellitus
elderly
Female
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Health Status
heart failure
Humans
hypercholesterolemia
hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - epidemiology
Interviews as Topic
Life Style
lifestyle
Logistic Models
low educational status
Male
malnutrition
Malnutrition - complications
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
men
neoplasms
Neurosciences
Nutrition
Obesity
Obesity in Menorca Elders
Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology
Obesity, Abdominal - etiology
Older people
osteoporosis
Osteoporosis - complications
Osteoporosis - epidemiology
physical activity
Prevalence
Primary Care Medicine
prostatitis
Quality of Life Research
questionnaires
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
socioeconomic status
Spain - epidemiology
stomach ulcers
surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
underweight
women
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Summary:OBJECTIVES: To assess the BMI, life-style, and healthy status, and explore relationships between these parameters, among Menorca’s free living elderly people. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey carried out in Menorca Island in 2009. A random sample (n=450) of the elderly population (≥65 years) was interviewed. Anthropometric measurements and a general questionnaire incorporating questions related to socio-demographic and life-style factors and health status were used. RESULTS: Approximately five per cent of elders were underweight and 60% overweight or obese. Underweight were positively and overweight and obesity negatively affected by age. The prevalence of central obesity, according to the WC cut-off points, was 66.8% in men and 85.1% in women. Low education, socioeconomic status and physical activity were risk factors for malnutrition and overweight/obesity. A possible cognitive impairment was found among elderly persons with BMI
ISSN:1279-7707
1760-4788
DOI:10.1007/s12603-011-0068-7