Fig 1.
Mean of body mass index and prevalence of normal weight, overweight, and obesity based on measurements, by age class, educational level, and period.
Italian resident men aged 35–74 years, the CUORE Project Surveys 1998–2002, 2008–2012, and 2018–2019. Bars refer to 95% confidence intervals. Statistics by educational level were age-standardized using the Italian National Institute of Statistics-ISTAT Italian population 2000, 2010, and 2019, respectively. Higher education—high school or university; lower education—primary or middle school. Underweight: body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2. Normal weight: 18.5 ≤ body mass index < 25.0 kg/m2. Overweight: 25.0 ≤ body mass index < 30.0 kg/m2. Obesity: body mass index ≥ 30.0 kg/m2. Pool of the following Italian regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, and Sicily.
Fig 2.
Mean of body mass index and prevalence of normal weight, overweight, and obesity based on measurements, by age class, educational level, and period.
Italian resident women aged 35–74 years, the CUORE Project Surveys 1998–2002, 2008–2012, and 2018–2019. Bars refer to 95% confidence intervals. Statistics by educational level were age-standardized using the Italian National Institute of Statistics-ISTAT Italian population 2000, 2010, and 2019, respectively. Higher education—high school or university; lower education—primary or middle school. Underweight: body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2. Normal weight: 18.5 ≤ body mass index < 25.0 kg/m2. Overweight: 25.0 ≤ body mass index < 30.0 kg/m2. Obesity: body mass index ≥ 30.0 kg/m2. Pool of the following Italian regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, and Sicily.
Table 1.
Anthropometric measurements by sex and period (age-adjusted using the Italian population).
Italian resident men and women aged 35–74 years, the CUORE Project Surveys 1998–2002, 2008–2012, and 2018–2019.
Fig 3.
Prevalence of normal weight based on measurements, by sex, regions, and period.
Italian resident men and women aged 35–74 years, the CUORE Project Surveys 1998–2002, 2008–2012, and 2018–2019. Prevalence were age-standardized using the National Institute of Statistics-ISTAT Italian population 2000, 2010, and 2019, respectively. Normal weight: 18.5 ≤ body mass index < 25.0 kg/m2. Involved Italian regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, and Sicily.
Fig 4.
Prevalence of obesity based on measurements, by sex, regions, and period.
Italian resident men and women aged 35–74 years, the CUORE Project Surveys 1998–2002, 2008–2012, and 2018–2019. Prevalence were age-standardized using the National Institute of Statistics-ISTAT Italian population 2000, 2010, and 2019, respectively. Obesity: body mass index ≥ 30.0 kg/m2. Involved Italian regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, and Sicily.