background and aims: obesity and overweight is a major public health problem and, alongside hypertension, is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases incidence. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and its association with hypertension in the patients referred the healthcare center in jandaq. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 patie...

ABSTRACI’ Thirty-one undergraduate men and women who weighed more (overweight) or who weighed less (underweight) than the normal weight limits for their height wore actometers on all four limbs 24 h each day for 14 consecutive days. All groups were found to be equally active. This result fails to replicate previously reported results that overweight men and women are hypoactive. This discrepanc...

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, ...

OBJECTIVES This article, based on longitudinal data, follows a sample of people who were aged 20 to 56 in 1994/95 to determine the percentage who made the transition from normal to overweight, or from overweight to obese by 2002/03. Characteristics that increased the chances of overweight people becoming obese are examined. DATA SOURCES The data are from five cycles of the National Population...

Obesity impacts most of the population, and many countries are predicted to raise prevalence adults affected by obesity (OB) related disorders during recent decades. OB is uninterruptedly increasing at a shocking proportion throughout globe scattering as an epidemic threatening world health. It currently projected that more than 250 million population worldwide obese, comparable 7% adult popula...

OBJECTIVE To study the changes in body mass index (BMI) in a population-based cohort and their relationship with sociodemographic variables in a Mediterranean-country. METHOD A prospective population-based cohort with 8-year follow-up. The data used derive from the Cornellà-Health-Interview Survey Follow-up (CHIS.FU). 1008 people aged > or = 20 years (females=508; males=500) were interviewed ...

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and overweight combined with hypertension and to examine whether OSAHS in conjunction with overweight and hypertension is associated with daytime sleepiness. In a Japanese workplace of 28,636 employees, 368 men (19-62 yr old), who were anxious regarding their OSAHS symptoms, u...

PURPOSE To assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on postoperative recovery curve of urinary and sexual function after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). We hypothesized that overweight and obese men have different recovery curves than normal weight men. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed preoperative and postoperative surveys from 691 men who underwent RALP from 2004-2014...

BACKGROUND This study examines changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Swiss general population from 1992/93 to 2002 and their relationship with changes in the distribution and effect of socioeconomic and health behavioural risk factors. METHODS Cross-sectional data from telephone interviews of the non-institutionalized Swiss population aged 19 years and more were obtained ...

Obesity has been on the increase among people of the Arabian Gulf countries. Overweight and obesity among 18-29-year-old Kuwaiti men increased by 23.4 and 14.8% respectively, between 1980 and 1993. The objective of the present study was to explore factors associated with overweight and obesity in a sample of 515 Kuwaiti college men studied in 1997. Weight and height were measured. The index of ...