AIM: The aim was to examine trends in socio-demographic differences in the prevalence of @entity2973 and @entity28 among the Lithuanian adult population from 1994 to 2014. METHODS: The data from 11 postal surveys were analysed. For every survey, a nationally representative random sample aged 20-64 was drawn from the National Population Register. The sample consisted of 3000 individuals in each of the 1994-2008 surveys and 4000 in the last three surveys. Altogether, 8738 @entity1 and 11,822 @entity1 participated in the surveys. Self-reported weight and height were used to calculate BMI. RESULTS: From 1994 to 2014, the prevalence of @entity2973 and @entity28 increased in all socio-demographic groups of @entity1 , reaching 58.6% and 19.5% respectively. Highly educated @entity1 and those living in cities had higher BMI values than lower educated and non-urban inhabitants without substantial changes in the differences in BMI over the study period. In @entity1 , the prevalence of @entity2973 decreased from 51.7% to 46%, whereas the prevalence of @entity28 did not change being 19.2% in 2014. Overweight and @entity28 were more common among lower educated @entity1 and those living in non-urban areas than in the others. Educational inequalities in weight status of @entity1 increased due to the decrease of BMI only in @entity1 with university education. CONCLUSIONS: Time trends in BMI were more pronounced among Lithuanian @entity1 than @entity1 , whereas socio-demographic inequalities were greater among @entity1 . The strategies for prevention and control of @entity28 should target all @entity1 and @entity1 with lower education and living in non-urban areas of Lithuania.

Socio-demographic inequalities in XXXX and @entity28 among Lithuanian adults: time trends from 1994 to 2014.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men', 'women'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity2973 :: ('MESH:D050177', 'Disease') :: ['overweight']
@entity2973 :: (MESH:D050177,Disease) :: ['overweight']
