Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia
Obesity is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancers of the breast, colon, prostate and other organs. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of obesity and associated factors among university staffs. Methods: A cross sectional study was ca...
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2012
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| author | Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Saeedi, Pouya Bezenjani, Somayeh Aminzadeh Md Said, Salmiah Othman, Norlijah |
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| description | Obesity is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancers of the breast, colon, prostate and other organs. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of obesity and associated factors among university staffs. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among university staffs of University Putra Malaysia using a self-administered validated pre-tested questionnaire. Weight was measured using a digital bathroom scale (TANITA Model HD 319) and height was measured using a SECA Body Meter Model 206. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2). A p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Overweight was defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 and obesity as a BMI of equal or more than 30 kg/m2. Results: The mean age of the 454 university staffs was 42.86 years. The overall mean BMI was 24.52 ± 4.43 kg/m2, ranged
16.12 to 36.57 (25.69 ± 3.69 kg/m2 for males and 23.31 ± 4.81 kg/m2 for females). The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 31.1% (40.3% males and 21.5% females) and 11.8% (12.1% males and 11.7% females) respectively. After adjusting for all the variables in the logistic regression model, gender, age, occupation, smoking, alcohol intake and physical inactivity were the main predictors of obesity. Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is very high among the university staffs. There is a need for a comprehensive integrated non-communicable disease prevention program. There is also a need to establish proactive networks for building up capacity in research and training, mobilizing contributions from within the country and overseas. |
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| spelling | upm-411962015-12-07T01:39:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41196/ Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Saeedi, Pouya Bezenjani, Somayeh Aminzadeh Md Said, Salmiah Othman, Norlijah Obesity is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancers of the breast, colon, prostate and other organs. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of obesity and associated factors among university staffs. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among university staffs of University Putra Malaysia using a self-administered validated pre-tested questionnaire. Weight was measured using a digital bathroom scale (TANITA Model HD 319) and height was measured using a SECA Body Meter Model 206. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2). A p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Overweight was defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 and obesity as a BMI of equal or more than 30 kg/m2. Results: The mean age of the 454 university staffs was 42.86 years. The overall mean BMI was 24.52 ± 4.43 kg/m2, ranged 16.12 to 36.57 (25.69 ± 3.69 kg/m2 for males and 23.31 ± 4.81 kg/m2 for females). The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 31.1% (40.3% males and 21.5% females) and 11.8% (12.1% males and 11.7% females) respectively. After adjusting for all the variables in the logistic regression model, gender, age, occupation, smoking, alcohol intake and physical inactivity were the main predictors of obesity. Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is very high among the university staffs. There is a need for a comprehensive integrated non-communicable disease prevention program. There is also a need to establish proactive networks for building up capacity in research and training, mobilizing contributions from within the country and overseas. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41196/1/Obesity%20and%20associated%20health%20related%20factors%20among%20university%20staff%20in%20Serdang%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal and Saeedi, Pouya and Bezenjani, Somayeh Aminzadeh and Md Said, Salmiah and Othman, Norlijah (2012) Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 8 (2). pp. 23-32. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2012V08N2_OP01.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Saeedi, Pouya Bezenjani, Somayeh Aminzadeh Md Said, Salmiah Othman, Norlijah Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title | Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_full | Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_short | Obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_sort | obesity and associated health related factors among university staff in serdang, malaysia |
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