Martin Neovius, PhD

Finn Rasmussen, MD/PhD

Karolinska Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

Trends in Overweight and Obesity among

Swedish Men 17-20 years of age (1969-2005)

BMI ≥ 25

Height and weight measured at mandatory military conscription tests

Age 18.3y (SD 0.4y; range 17-20y))

n=1.5 million

Overweight

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BMI ≥ 30

Height and weight measured at mandatory military conscription tests

Age 18.3y (SD 0.4y; range 17-20y)

n=1.5 million

Obesity

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Obesity and Morbid Obesity (1969-2005)

Neovius M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Rasmussen F. Shift in the composition of obesity in young adult men in Sweden over a third of a century. Int J Obes (Lond). May 2008;32(5):832-836.

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Neovius M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Rasmussen F. Shift in the composition of obesity in young adult men in Sweden over a third of a century. Int J Obes (Lond). May 2008;32(5):832-836.

Neovius M, Rasmussen F. Place of residence and obesity in 1,578,694 young Swedish men between 1969 and 2005. Obesity (Silver Spring). Mar 2008;16(3):671-676.

Details on study population