[Data from 1 million swedish Health Profile Assessments (HPB) since 1988]

Lakartidningen. 2022 Aug 11:119:21234.
[Article in Swedish]

Abstract

One million Health Profile Assessments (HPB) have been carried out in Sweden since 1988. HPB includes questions about health habits and health experiences. Furthermore some physiological and medical measurements have been carried out. Data from completed HPB:s have been registered since 1988 in a database, which is used for statistical analyzes and research. Health outcomes have been obtained from several national registers. Since 2018, 20 papers have been published internationally. Low physical fitness, overweight and obesity have increased in the Swedish working population. Higher prevalence of severe illness is seen among those with one or more of these risk factors.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Obesity* / epidemiology
  • Overweight* / epidemiology
  • Physical Fitness
  • Risk Factors
  • Sweden / epidemiology