Prevalence of obesity in Poland.
Obesity is an important health problem in Poland affecting adolescents and adults. A study of a Lower Silesian population aged 20-40 years (25 400 participants), between 1993 and 2003, showed an increase in obese women from 8.9% to 15.0%, but no change in men (6.3% vs. 6.5%, respectively). Obesity occurs more frequently in girls and women (6% and 15%) compared to boys and men (4.0% and 6.5%, respectively). Estimation of obesity prevalence in various parts of Poland seems to be regionally dependent; the highest prevalence of obesity was observed in eastern regions of Poland.
Milewicz
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Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland. milewicz@endo.am.wroc.pl
Jedrzejuk
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Lwow
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Białynicka
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Lopatynski
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Mardarowicz
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Zahorska-Markiewicz
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors