Assessment of the influence of selected behaviours on incidence of overweight and obesity among women from rural areas.
The aim of the study was to examine the influence of selected health behaviours of women living in the country, in one county on incidence of overweight and obesity. The study indicated that 50% of women living in the country were overweight or obese and that the normal value of BMI decreased with age. It was found that overweight and obese women suffered from arterial hypertension and diabetes more frequently. Women living in the country still did not attach significance to nutritional and energy value of purchased food products. It proves that there is little awareness of rational nutrition in the rural community and little interest in health effects connected with an excessive intake of specific food. Overweight and obesity did not motivate women living in the country to take more exercise. Women attempted to lose weight only through a diet without increased energy expenditure.
Department of Clinical Dietetics, Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty, Medical University of Lublin. r.krzyszycha@am.lublin.pl
Renata
R
Krzyszycha
Bogdan
B
Szponar
Elzbieta
E
Cyran
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult