Past trends of obesity-attributable mortality in The Netherlands:An application of age-period -cohort analysis

Introduction: Obesity has dramatically increased over time and constitutes a major health burden which can be estimated by the share of total deaths due to obesity (obesity-attributable mortality). Previous estimates varied widely according to the methodology used, as previous studies didn’t always account for the multiple dimensions of the obesity epidemic: age, period and birth cohort. Aim: To better capture the complexity of the obesity epidemic and its impact on mortality by assessing age, period and birth cohort effects and patterns in the Netherlands, in the period 1981 to 2010. Material... Mehr ...