Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1449
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past
Authors: Lønnebotn, Marianne
Svanes, Cecilie
Igland, Jannicke
Franklin, Karl A.
Accordini, Simone
Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís
Bentouhami, Hayat
Blanco, José A. G.
Bono, Roberto
Corsico, Angelo
Demoly, Pascal
Dharmage, Shyamali
Dorado Arenas, Sandra
Garcia, Judith
Heinrich, Joachim
Holm, Mathias
Janson, Christer
Jarvis, Debbie
Leynaert, Bénédicte
Martinez-Moratalla, Jesús
Nowak, Dennis
Pin, Isabelle
Raherison-Semjen, Chantal
Sánchez-Ramos, Jose Luis
Schlünssen, Vivi
Skulstad, Svein Magne
Dratva, Julia
Gómez Real, Francisco
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-1449
10.1371/journal.pone.0195697
Published in: PLOS ONE
Volume(Issue): 13
Issue: 4
Issue Date: 25-Apr-2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Public Library of Science
ISSN: 1932-6203
Language: English
Subjects: Adult; Area Under Curve; Body Height; Body Weight; Europe; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; ROC Curve; Retrospective Studies; Self Report; Young Adult; Body Image; Body Mass Index; Obesity
Subject (DDC): 616: Internal medicine and diseases
Abstract: Life course data on obesity may enrich the quality of epidemiologic studies analysing health consequences of obesity. However, achieving such data may require substantial resources. We investigated the use of body silhouettes in adults as a tool to reflect obesity in the past. We used large population-based samples to analyse to what extent self-reported body silhouettes correlated with the previously measured (9-23 years) body mass index (BMI) from both measured (European Community Respiratory Health Survey, N = 3 041) and self-reported (Respiratory Health In Northern Europe study, N = 3 410) height and weight. We calculated Spearman correlation between BMI and body silhouettes and ROC-curve analyses for identifying obesity (BMI ≥30) at ages 30 and 45 years. Spearman correlations between measured BMI age 30 (±2y) or 45 (±2y) and body silhouettes in women and men were between 0.62-0.66 and correlations for self-reported BMI were between 0.58-0.70. The area under the curve for identification of obesity at age 30 using body silhouettes vs previously measured BMI at age 30 (±2y) was 0.92 (95% CI 0.87, 0.97) and 0.85 (95% CI 0.75, 0.95) in women and men, respectively; for previously self-reported BMI, 0.92 (95% CI 0.88, 0.95) and 0.90 (95% CI 0.85, 0.96). Our study suggests that body silhouettes are a useful epidemiological tool, enabling retrospective differentiation of obesity and non-obesity in adult women and men.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/10834
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement: School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit: Institute of Public Health (IPH)
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Lønnebotn, M., Svanes, C., Igland, J., Franklin, K. A., Accordini, S., Benediktsdóttir, B., Bentouhami, H., Blanco, J. A. G., Bono, R., Corsico, A., Demoly, P., Dharmage, S., Dorado Arenas, S., Garcia, J., Heinrich, J., Holm, M., Janson, C., Jarvis, D., Leynaert, B., et al. (2018). Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past. Plos One, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1449
Lønnebotn, M. et al. (2018) ‘Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past’, PLOS ONE, 13(4). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1449.
M. Lønnebotn et al., “Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past,” PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 4, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1449.
LØNNEBOTN, Marianne, Cecilie SVANES, Jannicke IGLAND, Karl A. FRANKLIN, Simone ACCORDINI, Bryndís BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR, Hayat BENTOUHAMI, José A. G. BLANCO, Roberto BONO, Angelo CORSICO, Pascal DEMOLY, Shyamali DHARMAGE, Sandra DORADO ARENAS, Judith GARCIA, Joachim HEINRICH, Mathias HOLM, Christer JANSON, Debbie JARVIS, Bénédicte LEYNAERT, Jesús MARTINEZ-MORATALLA, Dennis NOWAK, Isabelle PIN, Chantal RAHERISON-SEMJEN, Jose Luis SÁNCHEZ-RAMOS, Vivi SCHLÜNSSEN, Svein Magne SKULSTAD, Julia DRATVA und Francisco GÓMEZ REAL, 2018. Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past. PLOS ONE. 25 April 2018. Bd. 13, Nr. 4. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-1449
Lønnebotn, Marianne, Cecilie Svanes, Jannicke Igland, Karl A. Franklin, Simone Accordini, Bryndís Benediktsdóttir, Hayat Bentouhami, et al. 2018. “Body Silhouettes as a Tool to Reflect Obesity in the Past.” Plos One 13 (4). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1449.
Lønnebotn, Marianne, et al. “Body Silhouettes as a Tool to Reflect Obesity in the Past.” Plos One, vol. 13, no. 4, Apr. 2018, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1449.


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