Journal of Obesity & Eating Disorders

Prevalence of Obesity among a Group of Kirkuk Women

Background: An obese person body suffers from accumulation of a lot of fat that it might have a detrimental effect on their health. A person is considered obese when his body weight is at least 20% higher than it should be; he or she is considered obese. When Body Mass Index (BMI) is between 25 and 29.9 a person is considered overweight. While BMI is 30 or over indicates obesity. Aim of study: The aim of this study is to detect the prevalence of obesity among a group of Kirkuk women’s and its relation with education level, practicing exercise and so on. Patients and methods: Type of study is cross sectional study. The area chosen for this study was Kirkuk city, samples taken randomly from schools among teachers primary health care visitors and from Azadi teaching hospital (mainly relatives of patients).The age taken was women between 18-66 years old. We exclude pregnant females. Data was coded on questioner. We measured height by tape- measure and weight by scale and then we calculated BMI by this equation BMI=weight in Kg/height in meter squared.

Author(s):

Mohammed Ali Khalaf 1*, Bilal Jamal Kamal1 and Dalia Maher Khider2

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