Increasing trends in adult obesity in Greenland: a serial cross-sectional study from 1999 through 2018
Helene Nielsen, Christian Landbo, Ninna Senftleber, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Peter Bjerregaard, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Marit Eika Jørgensen, Dirk Lund Christensen, Stine Byberg · 2026
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Helene Nielsen and colleagues track obesity trends among adults in Greenland in a 2026 study. They pooled four rounds of the Greenland Population Health Survey, from 1999 to 2018. In total the rounds covered more than five thousand adults, and obesity meant a body mass index of 30 or more.
Obesity rose in every group over the two decades. Among women it climbed from 20 percent in 1999 to about 30 percent in 2018. Among men it rose from about 14 percent to about 22 percent. Rates grew until about age 40, then leveled off. Place-based gaps among women faded by 2018, while men in small settlements stayed lowest. The authors call for fitting, local health strategies.
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| CREATOR | Helene Nielsen, Christian Landbo, Ninna Senftleber, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Peter Bjerregaard, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Marit Eika Jørgensen, Dirk Lund Christensen, Stine Byberg |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31711 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |