title: [Ways to detect and measures to prevent obesity].
abstract: The results of an epidemiological survey indicate high incidence of obesity and overweight among adult population in a district of Moscow and in the Moscow region. Obesity and overweight were recorded in 46.3% of persons examined at a large industrial enterprise, in 35% at a food plant; 16% of persons with overweight and 26% with obesity were recorded among the unorganized population of the district in Moscow; 35.4% of sovkhoz workers were obese. The survey has shown that the main reasons for high incidence of obesity are excessive nutrition and poor physical activity. Obesity is a risk factor for the development of various diseases and carries hazards for the health of the population.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012426:Russia
vernacular_title: O putiakh vyiavleniia i merakh profilaktiki tuchnosti.