EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY OF TRAITORS OF THE MULTIMODAL FREIGHT MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE CITY PROVINCE OF KINSHASA
| Autor: | Kusuayi Mabele Godefroid, Jolie Bongo Nzeloka, F.L. Bompeka, Christophe Delecluse, Constant Nkiama Ekisawa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
obesity lcsh:R5-920 business.industry Public health work environment Overweight medicine.disease Obesity Work environment Environmental health Epidemiology medicine overweight medicine.symptom Risk factor business lcsh:Medicine (General) Body mass index Weight status associated risk factors |
| Zdroj: | Sanamed, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 73-78 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2217-8171 |
| Popis: | Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the workplace. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with 210 workers of which 119 male (56.7%) and 91 female (43.3%) selected in a simple random manner in a company in the city of Kinshasa province between November 2013 to January 2014. Overweight was determined by workers with a body mass index between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2 and obesity by those with a body mass index 30 kg/m2 . Results: This study found a prevalence of 23.8% of overweight workers and 48.1% of workers suffering from obesity with predominance in women (65.5% in men vs. 80.2% in women, p < 0.014). The frequency of risk factors associated with obesity increased with the increase in weight status of BMI (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Obesity is a common pathology in the workplace and hypertension is the main modifiable risk factor. Sedentarity is the main determinant of overweight and obesity. Obesity is a public health problem in the workplace in the city of Kinshasa because of the command and collaboration frameworks are most affected. |
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