TY - CONF
T1 - Nutritional status in 9 European countries: Preliminary results of EU funded Truefood and Q-Porkchains consumer surveys
AU - Vanhonacker, F
AU - Perez, Cueto
AU - Chrysochoidis, Georgios
AU - Scholderer, Joachim
AU - Grunert, Klaus
AU - Hersleth, M
AU - Verbeke, Wim
PY - 2008/3/11
Y1 - 2008/3/11
N2 - Objective:
To describe and compare current levels of overweight and obesity in 9
European countries, according to their health perceptions and socio-demographic characteristics.
Design:
Cross Sectional Web based surveys in Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, October 2007 and in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, January 2008; with quota samples on gender, age, re
gional distribution and living environment.
Anthropometrics were constructed from self-reported height and weight.
Subjects: 4726 in October 2007; 2437 in January 2008, 50% males and 50% females, aged 20-70 y.
Results:
The prevalence of obesity in adults varied from 12% in Italy to 27% in
Denmark. Gender differences were significant in all countries (p
AB - Objective:
To describe and compare current levels of overweight and obesity in 9
European countries, according to their health perceptions and socio-demographic characteristics.
Design:
Cross Sectional Web based surveys in Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, October 2007 and in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, January 2008; with quota samples on gender, age, re
gional distribution and living environment.
Anthropometrics were constructed from self-reported height and weight.
Subjects: 4726 in October 2007; 2437 in January 2008, 50% males and 50% females, aged 20-70 y.
Results:
The prevalence of obesity in adults varied from 12% in Italy to 27% in
Denmark. Gender differences were significant in all countries (p
M3 - Poster
T2 - VIIth International Congress on the Mediterranean Diet Year
Y2 - 11 March 2008 through 12 March 2008
ER -