TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult obesity: Panel study from native Amazonians
AU - Zeng, Wu
AU - Eisenberg, Dan T.A.
AU - Jovel, Karla Rubio
AU - Undurraga, Eduardo A.
AU - Nyberg, Colleen
AU - Tanner, Susan
AU - Reyes-García, Victoria
AU - Leonard, William R.
AU - Castaño, Juliana
AU - Huanca, Tomás
AU - McDade, Thomas W.
AU - Godoy, Ricardo
PY - 2013/3/1
Y1 - 2013/3/1
N2 - This paper examines three morphological indicators measuring obesity among a native Amazonian population of foragers-farmers in Bolivia (Tsimane') and estimates the associations between them and standard covariates of obesity (e.g.; socioeconomic status [SES]). We collected annual data from 350 non-pregnant women and 385 men ≥20 years of age from all 311 households in 13 villages during five consecutive years (2002-2006). We used three indicators to measure obesity: body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and body fat using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BF-BIA). We ran separate individual random-effect panel multiple regressions for women and men with wealth, acculturation, health, and household food availability as key covariates, and controlled for village and year fixed effects and village × year interaction effects. Although BMI increases by a statistically significant annual growth rate of 0.64% among women and 0.37% among men over the five years, the increase does not yield significant biological meanings. Neither do we find consistent and biologically meaningful covariates associated with adult obesity. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
AB - This paper examines three morphological indicators measuring obesity among a native Amazonian population of foragers-farmers in Bolivia (Tsimane') and estimates the associations between them and standard covariates of obesity (e.g.; socioeconomic status [SES]). We collected annual data from 350 non-pregnant women and 385 men ≥20 years of age from all 311 households in 13 villages during five consecutive years (2002-2006). We used three indicators to measure obesity: body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and body fat using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BF-BIA). We ran separate individual random-effect panel multiple regressions for women and men with wealth, acculturation, health, and household food availability as key covariates, and controlled for village and year fixed effects and village × year interaction effects. Although BMI increases by a statistically significant annual growth rate of 0.64% among women and 0.37% among men over the five years, the increase does not yield significant biological meanings. Neither do we find consistent and biologically meaningful covariates associated with adult obesity. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
KW - BMI
KW - Bolivia
KW - Overweight
KW - Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS)
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2012.01.005
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2012.01.005
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 227
EP - 235
JO - Economics and Human Biology
JF - Economics and Human Biology
SN - 1570-677X
ER -