Ambient Temperature and Prevalence of Obesity: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Korea

Hae Kyung Yang, Kyungdo Han, Jae-Hyoung Cho, Kun-Ho Yoon, Bong-Yun Cha and Seung-Hwan Lee

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: Background: Recent studies have suggested a possible association between outdoor or indoor temperature and obesity. We aimed to examine whether ambient temperature is associated with the prevalence of obesity or abdominal obesity in the Korean population. Methods: Data on anthropometric, socio-demographic, laboratory and lifestyle factors were retrieved from National Health Insurance System data obtained in 2009–2010. Thirty years (1981 to 2010) of meteorological parameters for 71 observation areas were acquired from the Korea Meteorological Administration. Included in this analysis were 124,354 individuals. A body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2 and a waist circumference (WC) ≥ 90 cm (men) or 85 cm (women) were considered to represent obesity and abdominal obesity, respectively. Results: The mean annual temperature (MAT) ranged from 6.6°C to 16.6°C, and BMI was positively correlated with MAT (r = 0.0078, P = 0.0065). WC was positively correlated with MAT (r = 0.0165, P

Date: 2015
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