Prevelance of Obesity Among Women in Baghdad City and Its Relation With Certain Variables. | ||
| iraq journal of market research and consumer protection | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, December 2014, Pages 1-28 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salim S. Al-Timimi; Hamdia M. Al-Hamdany; Nadia H. Mankhi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this study is to get some more knowledge about obesity disease, its spreading upon some ladies, and the relationship with some changes, which include (age, marital status, level of education, employment status, chronic diseases infection, whether they have job or not, psychologically status, healthy status and finally type of food was taken). Research sample include one hundred (100) married and non-married women. Their ages ranging between (19-60) years old with (primary, secondary, high school, college and master degree), some of them have job and other have not. During this study, questionnaire have been used include many questions prepared and distributed to them. The answers been analyzed statically. The results shows that, increase percentage of obesity infection to 52% upon women of ages between (31-50) years. Obesity percentage was 25% upon women with age ranging between (51-60) years, while the lowest obesity percentage was 23% upon women between (19-30) years. Moreover, the results showed that 37% upon women suffer from second degree obesity, 28% suffer from first degree obesity, 18% upon women suffer from weight increase while percentage of women who suffer from sever obesity was 17%.The percentage of obesity increase upon married women to reach up to 78%, while it decrease to 22% upon single women. In the other hand, the results shows that there was an opposite relationship between the level of education and obesity. Therefore, the percentage of obesity decrease gradually from 32% upon primary degree women to 29% for secondary degree, 18% for high school degree women, 12% for college degree, and 9% upon those who got Master degree. In addition of that, the percentage of obesity infection increased upon women who got job to reach up to 62% compared with jobless women which was evaluated to be 38%. Where, the relationship between obesity infection and the chronic diseases, the results shows that, 53% upon women have arthritis, and 38% have blood pressure, 18% have heart disease, 12% have blood sugar, and 7% have atherosclerosis. More over the result indicated that, the relationship between psychological status and obesity, it was found that 63% upon obesity women was suffer from disturbance, 39% of obesity women suffer from sadness, 28% of them suffer from psychologically confliction, 21% suffer from loneliness, and 9% suffer from lonesome. Where the relationship between obesity and the methods of losing weight, it was found that the percentage of women who follow regimen program was 36% and 34% upon them taking medicine, while 30% upon them taking food with low calories (Diet food), who practice exercises 28%, and who taking herbs 21%.Where the relationship between obesity and the habit of eating food, the result shows that, 85% of obesity women taking bread daily,71% taking Vegetables, 71% taking fruit, 56% taking red meat and eggs, 53% taking soft drink,40% taking oil, 26% taking, 25% taking milk, and the lowest was 8% taking the legumes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Obesity; Womens; Over Weight; First Class Obesity; Second Class Obesity | ||
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