Nutrition Department, University of Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain.
Geriatric Service, Insular Hospital, Health Services Management of the Health Area of Lanzarote, 35500 Arrecife, Spain.
Nutrients. 2023 Aug 29;15(17):3773. doi: 10.3390/nu15173773.
To identify and analyze population interest in obesity, nutrition, and occupational health and safety and its relationship with the worldwide prevalence of obesity through information search trends.
In this ecological study, data were obtained through online access to Google Trends using the topics "obesity", "nutrition", and "occupational health and safety". Obesity data were obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO) website for crude adult prevalence and estimates by region. The variables studied were relative search volume (RSV), temporal evolution, milestone, trend, and seasonality. The temporal evolution of the search trends was examined by regression analysis (R2). To assess the relationship between quantitative variables, the Spearman correlation coefficient (Rho) was used. Seasonality was verified using the augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test.
The RSV trends were as follows: obesity (R = 0.04, = 0.004); nutrition (R = 0.42, < 0.001); and occupational health and safety (R = 0.45, < 0.001). The analysis of seasonality showed the absence of a temporal pattern ( < 0.05 for all terms). The associations between world obesity prevalence (WOP) and the different RSVs were as follows: WOP versus RSV obesity, Rho = -0.79, = 0.003; WOP versus RSV nutrition, Rho = 0.57, = 0.044; and WOP versus RSV occupational health and safety, Rho = -0.93, = 0.001.
Population interest in obesity continues to be a trend in countries with the highest prevalence, although there are clear signs popularity loss in favor of searches focused on possible solutions and treatments, with a notable increase in searches related to nutrition and diet. Despite the fact that most people spend a large part of their time in the workplace and that interventions including various strategies have been shown to be useful in combating overweight and obesity, there has been a decrease in the population's interest in information related to obesity in the workplace. This information can be used as a guide for public health approaches to obesity and its relationship to nutrition and a healthy diet, approaches that are of equal utility and applicability in occupational health.
通过信息搜索趋势，识别和分析人群对肥胖、营养和职业健康与安全的兴趣及其与全球肥胖流行率的关系。
在这项生态研究中，通过在线访问 Google Trends 使用主题“肥胖”、“营养”和“职业健康与安全”获取数据。肥胖数据从世界卫生组织（WHO）网站获得，按地区计算粗成人患病率和估计值。研究的变量包括相对搜索量（RSV）、时间演变、里程碑、趋势和季节性。通过回归分析（R2）检查搜索趋势的时间演变。为了评估定量变量之间的关系，使用斯皮尔曼相关系数（Rho）。使用增广迪基-富勒（ADF）检验验证季节性。
RSV 趋势如下：肥胖（R = 0.04， = 0.004）；营养（R = 0.42， < 0.001）；职业健康与安全（R = 0.45， < 0.001）。季节性分析表明不存在时间模式（所有术语均 < 0.05）。世界肥胖流行率（WOP）与不同 RSV 之间的关联如下：WOP 与 RSV 肥胖，Rho = -0.79， = 0.003；WOP 与 RSV 营养，Rho = 0.57， = 0.044；WOP 与 RSV 职业健康与安全，Rho = -0.93， = 0.001。
尽管大多数人大部分时间都在工作场所度过，并且已经证明各种策略的干预措施对于对抗超重和肥胖非常有用，但人们对与工作场所肥胖相关信息的兴趣有所下降。人群对肥胖的兴趣仍然是发病率最高的国家的一个趋势，尽管有明显的迹象表明，人们对搜索可能的解决方案和治疗方法的兴趣正在下降，与营养和饮食相关的搜索显著增加。这些信息可用于指导肥胖及其与营养和健康饮食的关系的公共卫生方法，这些方法在职业健康方面同样具有实用性和适用性。
