Overweight and Obesity among Yazd University Students
محل انتشار: مجله دیابت و چاقی ایران، دوره: 5، شماره: 2
سال انتشار: 1392
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 63
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JR_IJDO-5-2_007
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 16 آبان 1402
چکیده مقاله:
Objective: Obesity is a major health problem. Overweight and obesity have been identified as one of the ۱۰ leading health indicators. This study was designed to evaluate the Body Mass Index in Iranian university student sample.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on ۹۱۱ Iranian university students aged ۱۸-۲۵ years who were selected by simple random sampling. Weight, height and BMI were measured for all subjects. Body mass index was calculated as weight divided by the square of height. The measurements were compared between two genders. Subjects were classified according to their BMI into underweight, normal, overweight, obese, and extreme obese. Data was analyzed by SPSS (Ver. ۱۹).
Results: A total of ۹۱۱ Iranian university students (۴۷۵ males and ۴۳۶ females), ۱۸-۲۵ years old entered the study. Most subjects (۶۳۹ persons) had normal weight. Five percent were underweight, ۲۰.۹% overweight and ۳.۸% obese and only one subject suffered from morbid obesity.
Conclusion: In this study the prevalence of abnormal weight in university students was lower than general population, and this prevalence was higher among males than females.
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نویسندگان
Seyyed Jalil Mirmohammadi
Occupational Medicine Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences-Yazd, Iran
Mehrdad Mostaghaci
Occupational Medicine Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences-Yazd, Iran
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
Occupational Medicine Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences-Yazd, Iran
Mohmmad Hossein Davari
Occupational Medicine Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences-Yazd, Iran
Elham Naghshineh
Obstetrics/Gynecology Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences- Isfahan, Iran