Healthy Aging Research
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ISSN: 2261-7434
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Department of Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Research
Prevalence of obesity and overweight among office workers of pars special economic energy zone, Assaluyeh, Iran
Author(s): Rafati Fard Mohammad*, Mazloomy Mahmoodabad Seyed Saeid, Fallahzadeh Hossein, Haghi Mehdi and Asadi Maryam
Objective: The obesity-related costs imposed on the society are astounding. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among office workers of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Assaluyeh, Iran.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 294 office workers. We applied a questionnaire to collect demographic factors, Beck's questionnaire was also administered to measure physical activity, and finally, the FFQ questionnaire was applied to determine the calorie intake of participants. Then, some anthropometric indices of BMI, WHR, WC, and BFP were measured and evaluated.
Results: The overall prevalence of obesity and overweight among the studied office workers was 79.6% (26.2% obese and 53.4% overweight). Low percentage of employees had normal weight with waist circumfer.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/har.2019.8.3