OBJECTIVE To determine whether educational level and overweight/obesity was associated with the development of diabetes among Chinese adult men and women. METHODS A cohort (2000-2011) of 10 704 participants aged 18-59 years (8 238 men, 2 466 women) in Qingdao Port Health Study (QPHS) were recruited in this study. The personal lifestyle, height, weight, waist circumference, resting heart rate,...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to determine the up-to-date prevalence of overweight and obesity, the distributions of body weight perception and weight loss practice in Beijing adults. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011. A total of 2563 men and 4088 women aged 18-79 years from the general population were included. Data were obtained from questionnaire and physical examination. ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to estimate the level of obesity and its relationship to age, educational level, occupation and physical activity in adult Bulgarian men. MATERIAL AND METHODS The sample included 1010 men, aged 18-50 years old, from town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The study was made in period 2004-2008. The body height, weight and waist circumference were measured. Overwei...

OBJECTIVES Large disparities exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in both obesity and socio-economic status (SES). The purpose of this paper was to assess associations between obesity and three indicators of SES - employment, education and income - in conjunction with demographic and lifestyle factors. METHODS Using the nationally-representative Canadian Community Health Surv...

Objective: Obesity is one of the major public health problems in Turkey and worldwide. This study was conducted to determine the trends of the obesity prevalence in Turkey from 2008 to 2016 by analysing sociodemographic data. Materials and Methods: This study was cross-sectional. Analysis was performed based on 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 data from Health Survey by Turkish Statistical Inst...

one of the methods used in the analysis of data related to diseases, and their underlying reasons is drawing geographical map. mapping diseases is a valuable tool to determine the regions of high rate of infliction requiring therapeutic interventions. the objective of this study was to investigate obesity pattern in iran by drawing geographical maps based on bayesian spatial model to recognize ...

Introduction: Prevalence of obesity has been increased in Iran over the recent decades. Little is known about fraction of hypertension attributable to obesity in Iran. This study aimed to determine the population attributable fraction (PAF) of hypertension due to obesity across different provinces of Iran. Materials & Method: Data on prevalence of hypertension, were extracted from Iranian Mi...

Shifts in lifestyles and eating patterns have led to an increasing prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases in the adult population in Mongolia. This article reports the prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity and body fat among 408 Mongolian adults aged 25 years and above. The subjects included 61.2% from urban areas and 38.8% from rural areas, reflective of the 60: 40 urban rural rati...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the socio-economic and dietary factors associated with overweight and obesity, respectively, in southern France. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of socio-economic, lifestyle and nutritional characteristics of a representative population sample. A questionnaire elicited information on anthropometric measurements, socio-economic factors, physical activity, tobacco use, ...