期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2014
卷号：21
期号：1
页码：136-142
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Obesity is considered as a major disease of twenty-first century civilization. Its occurrence in Poland andworldwide has been increasing steadily for many years. Several factors play an important role in the development ofoverweight and obesity. In addition to the genetic factors and those associated with diseases of the endocrine system andnervous system, the rapidly growing number of obese people is due to improper nutrition.Objectives. In this paper, authors attempt to justify the prevalence of obesity in Poland among the population of adolescentand young adults aged 15 – 29 years of age, depending on the urbanization level and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) percapita of voivodeships.Methods. Voivodeships, as an entity of regional autonomy, were divided into two groups according to urbanization leveland GDP per capita. From the total population of each voivodeship population, groups of overweight and obese peopleaged 15–29 were selected. The population group aged 15–29 was divided into male and female subgroups. Each subgroupwas compared in the different voivodeships, depending on the urbanization level and GDP per capita.Results. The study shows that there is a strong linear relationship between the prevalence of obesity and GDP per capitaof each examined region. During the study, the correlation between the level of prevalence of obesity and urbanizationlevel produced a negative result.Conclusion. The high level of regional economic development in the economic transformation states has a significantimpact on the increase in the percentage of people with overweight and obesity in the population aged 15–29. Genderand place of residence (urban or rural areas) did not show significant correlation with the occurrence of overweight andobesity in the study group of the population
关键词：Adolescent obesity; urbanization level; GDP per capita
