TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of overweight, obesity and severe obesity on life expectancy of Australian adults
AU - Lung, Thomas
AU - Jan, Stephen
AU - Tan, Eng Joo
AU - Killedar, Anagha
AU - Hayes, Alison
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We thank the Australian Bureau of Statistics for access to confidential unit record files pertaining to Australian Health Survey data. Dr. Lung is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship and the National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (NHMRC APP1141392). SJ is supported by an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (NHMRC APP1119443). Ms Killedar is supported by the Kassulke scholarship for PhD research. Dr. Tan receives funding support from the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood.
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© 2018, Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Background/objectives:: Adult obesity has been shown to substantially heighten the risk of adverse health outcomes but its impact on life expectancy (LE) has not been quantified in Australia. Our aim is to estimate reductions in LE and years of life lost (YLL) associated with overweight and obesity, relative to those at a healthy weight for Australian adults aged 20–69 years. Subjects/methods:: We used a microsimulation model of obesity progression in Australia that integrates annual change in BMI based on age and sex, with Australian life-table data and published relative risk of all-cause mortality for different BMI categories. Remaining LE and YLL compared to healthy weight were estimated using 10-year cohorts, by sex. A nationally representative sample of 12,091 adults aged 20–69 from the 2014/15 Australian National Health Survey were used to represent the input population of 14.9 million. Results:: Estimated remaining years of LE for healthy weight men and women aged 20–29 years was approximately 57.0 (95% CI 56.7–57.4) and 59.7 (95% CI 59.4–60.0) years, respectively. YLL associated with being overweight at baseline was approximately 3.3 years. For those obese and severely obese the loss in LE was predicted to be 5.6–7.6 years and 8.1–10.3 years for men and women aged 20–29 years, respectively. Across men and women, excess BMI in the adult population is responsible for approximately 36.3 million YLLs. Men stand to lose 27.7% more life years compared to women. Conclusions:: Overweight and obesity is associated with premature mortality at all ages, for both men and women. Adults aged 20–39 years with severe obesity will experience the largest YLL, relative to healthy weight. More needs to be done in Australia to establish a coherent, sustained, cost-effective strategy to prevent overweight and obesity, particularly for men in early adulthood.
AB - Background/objectives:: Adult obesity has been shown to substantially heighten the risk of adverse health outcomes but its impact on life expectancy (LE) has not been quantified in Australia. Our aim is to estimate reductions in LE and years of life lost (YLL) associated with overweight and obesity, relative to those at a healthy weight for Australian adults aged 20–69 years. Subjects/methods:: We used a microsimulation model of obesity progression in Australia that integrates annual change in BMI based on age and sex, with Australian life-table data and published relative risk of all-cause mortality for different BMI categories. Remaining LE and YLL compared to healthy weight were estimated using 10-year cohorts, by sex. A nationally representative sample of 12,091 adults aged 20–69 from the 2014/15 Australian National Health Survey were used to represent the input population of 14.9 million. Results:: Estimated remaining years of LE for healthy weight men and women aged 20–29 years was approximately 57.0 (95% CI 56.7–57.4) and 59.7 (95% CI 59.4–60.0) years, respectively. YLL associated with being overweight at baseline was approximately 3.3 years. For those obese and severely obese the loss in LE was predicted to be 5.6–7.6 years and 8.1–10.3 years for men and women aged 20–29 years, respectively. Across men and women, excess BMI in the adult population is responsible for approximately 36.3 million YLLs. Men stand to lose 27.7% more life years compared to women. Conclusions:: Overweight and obesity is associated with premature mortality at all ages, for both men and women. Adults aged 20–39 years with severe obesity will experience the largest YLL, relative to healthy weight. More needs to be done in Australia to establish a coherent, sustained, cost-effective strategy to prevent overweight and obesity, particularly for men in early adulthood.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41366-018-0210-2
DO - 10.1038/s41366-018-0210-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 30283076
AN - SCOPUS:85054394621
VL - 43
SP - 782
EP - 789
JO - International Journal of Obesity
JF - International Journal of Obesity
SN - 0307-0565
IS - 4
ER -