title: Temporal trends in overweight and obesity among Nicobarese adults in Nicobar Islands, India, 1960s-1999.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study is to assess the change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Nicobarese adults from 1960s to 1999 using WHO recommendations for the classification of overweight and obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample includes 774 individuals (424 men and 350 women) during 1960s and 484 individuals (259 men and 225 women) during 1999, aged 20-64 years from Nicobar Islands, India. Height (cm), weight (kg) and sitting height (cm) were measured and BMI (kg/m(2)) was calculated. Overweight and obesity were defined as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2) and BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2), respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was significant increase of height, weight and BMI among both the men and women of 20-39, and 40 and above years age groups. However, the higher magnitude of increment was observed in 20-39 years. The prevalence of overweight increased from 5.42% to 22.01% among men and from 4% to 21.78% among women, while obese individual was absent during 1960s and the prevalence of obesity increased to 2.70% in men and 8.89% in women. The magnitude of increment was higher among women compared to men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate remarkable increase in the prevalence of both overweight and obesity among Nicobarese adult in Nicobar Islands.
authors.affiliation: Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700 108, West Bengal, India. Electronic address:rameshrksahani@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahani
authors.affiliation: Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700 108, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
authors.affiliation: Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700 108, West Bengal, India. Electronic address:bharati@isical.ac.in.
authors.forename: Premananda
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bharati