标题：OCURRENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG ADULT RURAL POPULATION IN EASTERN POLAND. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND SELECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
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：2008
卷号：15
期号：01
页码：149-149
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：The objective of the study was evaluation of the prevalence of overweight,
obesity and abdominal obesity among adult rural population in the Lublin Region, and
the relationship between the occurrence of obesity, and selected socio-economic factors.
The study covered a random sample of 2,260 rural inhabitants ¨C 1,390 females and 870
males; mean age 51.6. Overweight and obesity was diagnosed in 60% of the total number
of the population examined (63.1% of males and 58% of females). Overweight was more
frequently observed in males, while obesity more often occurred in females. The number
of people with overweight and obesity increased with age. No statistically signi? cant
relationship was noted between the occurrence of obesity and abdominal obesity, and
the occupation performed, occupational activity and source of maintenance of the people
examined. Obesity and abdominal obesity was more often observed in those who were
married.
