Prevalence of Obesity and its Associated Factors Among the 35-70-Year-Old Population of Bandare-Kong: A Cross-sectional Survey (Findings of the Persian Cohort Study)

Prevalence of Obesity and its Associated Factors Among the 35-70-Year-Old Population of Bandare-Kong: A Cross-sectional Survey (Findings of the Persian Cohort Study)

Background: Obesity is a major health problem in many countries such as Iran. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associated risk factors in Bandare-Kong, Hormozgan, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional survey included 3921 participants of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Disease and diagnosis 2023-01, Vol.12 (1), p.1-11
Hauptverfasser: Bahri, Sara, Kheirandish, Masoumeh, Rafati, Shideh, Nejatizadeh, Azim, Shahbazi, Roghayeh, Zoghi, Ghazal, Davoudi, Seyed Hossein, Shareghi Brojeni, Masoud, Hajiabdolrassouli, Ladan
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Sprache:eng
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central obesity
overweight
persian cohort study
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Obesity is a major health problem in many countries such as Iran. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associated risk factors in Bandare-Kong, Hormozgan, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional survey included 3921 participants of the Bandare-Kong Cohort Study (BKNCD). Their baseline data were used for analysis. General obesity was defined as the body mass index (BMI)≥30 kg/m2 and overweight as 25≤BMI
ISSN:2717-3232
2717-3232
DOI:10.34172/ddj.2023.409