Journal article
Trends in obesity defined by body mass index among adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study of the 2009–2023 Canadian Community Heath Surveys
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic affected health behaviours and the social determinants of health. We sought to describe trends in the prevalence in body mass index (BMI) categories before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada.
METHODS: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study of adults in the 2009-2023 Canadian Community Health Surveys. We compared changes after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020 to December …
Authors
Anderson LN; Islam R; Sweetman A
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 197, No. 25, pp. e708–e718
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
July 14, 2025
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.241421
ISSN
0820-3946