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[Overweight and obesity among health-professional women]
Carlos Navarro Nuñez1, Urbicio Venegas Ochoa, Juan Carlos Navarro Solares
1Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Colima.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among women health service workers.
Patients And Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted during the 2002-2003 period. We included 487 workers of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Colima, Mexico. We carried out a clinical measurement of weight and height. The indicator of overweight and obesity was obtained from the body mass index, that is, a person's weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. The used criteria were similar to the ones established by the WHO: well-nourished (BMI from 18.5 to 24.9), overweight (BMI from 25.0 to 29.9), and obesity (BMI = 30). The obtained data were captured in a computer terminal and processed by means of an automated model. We calculated the frequencies distribution and the prevalence.
Results:
Of the 487 women, 121 (25%) had an appropriate weight, 210 (43%) showed overweight, and 156 (32%) had obesity.
Conclusions:
The overweight and obesity prevalence among the women health service workers was of 75%.
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