title: Prevalence of obesity in Poland.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland. milewicz@endo.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milewicz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jedrzejuk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lwow
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Białynicka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lopatynski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mardarowicz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zahorska-Markiewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors