title: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among a university faculty and staffs from 2004 to 2010 in Wuhu, China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Overweight and obesity are epidemic worldwide. Our present study was to examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a university faculty and staffs using two references [Working Group on Obesity references in China (2004) and World Health Organization (WHO) criteria 2000 ].
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among university faculty and staffs in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was designed to collect the routine health screening data for a university faculty and staffs from 2004 to 2010(2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010); the subjects aged 22-94 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Depending on the references used (China and WHO, respectively), the overall prevalence of overweight, including obesity of the subjects was 36.1% and 25.5%, the prevalence of obesity was 5.3%, and 1.5%, respectively, the prevalence of overweight, including obesity among the male subjects was 46% and 32.5%, respectively, the prevalence of overweight, including obesity among the female subjects was 21% and 14.1%, respectively, An interesting observation made was that the overall prevalence of overweight was increased with age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regarding the harmful of overweight and obesity, it is encourage reducing liberal food environment and increasing physical activity among university faculty and staffs, especially for male faculty.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College. Wuhu 241002. Anhui. People's Republic of China.. 1983helianping@163.com.
authors.forename: Lianping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College. Wuhu 241002. Anhui. People's Republic of China..
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: School Hospital of Anhui Normal University. Anhui Normal University. Wuhu. Anhui 241000. People's Republic of China..
authors.forename: Yifan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College. Wuhu 241002. Anhui. People's Republic of China..
authors.forename: Yuelong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College. Wuhu 241002. Anhui. People's Republic of China..
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College. Wuhu 241002. Anhui. People's Republic of China..
authors.forename: Daoxia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College. Wuhu 241002. Anhui. People's Republic of China..
authors.forename: Yingshui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult