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KMID : 0931320170170020062
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대한상부위장관.헬리코박터학회지
2017 Volume.17 No. 2 p.62 ~ p.65
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Recent Epidemiological Changes in Korean Obesity
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Oh Sang-Woo
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Abstract
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In Korea, the prevalence of obesity as defined by body mass index(BMI) ≥25 kg/m2 has been steady in the recent years; however, the prevalence of severe (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) and extreme obesity (BMI ≥35 kg/m2) has rapidly increased during the past decade. The change in the prevalence of abdominal obesity showed a similar trend to the prevalence of obesity. Based on the Korean data, the list of obesity-related diseases in Korea resembles those for the Western countries. The association between BMI and all-cause mortality in Koreans displayed a ‘U’ or inverted ‘J’ curve pattern. However, these curves have changed, and the BMI nadir of these curves exhibits a change to a higher BMI point during the past decades. Recent change in the obesity epidemic in Korea seems to resemble the previous changes in the obesity epidemics seen in the Western populations
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KEYWORD
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Comorbidity, Mortality, Obesity, Prevalence
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