title: Prevalence of obesity in Israel.
abstract: Israel is a multiethnic society and offers an ongoing 'experiment' concerning the cultural determinants of obesity. The First Israeli National Health and Nutrition Survey 1999-2001 (MABAT) measured a representative population of 2782 adults (49% men) aged 25-64 years (mean 43 years); it showed a prevalence of overweight in 39.3% and obesity in 22.9%. Overweight is more common in men and obesity is more prevalent in women; the Israeli Arab population is more obese than the Jewish one.
authors.affiliation: Food & Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health, Israel.
authors.forename: D Nitzan
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Kaluski
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors