Influence of Socio-economic, Dietary and Behavioral Factors on Overweight and Obesity in Bulgarian Men

Андреенко, Е. Ю.; Mladenova, Silviya; Akabaliev, Valentin H.

doi:10.1080/09720073.2015.11891795

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“…Although BMI is the most studied index, being significantly related to CVD risk factors as demonstrated by cross-sectional and prospective studies (Yusuf et al, 2004), there are increasing doubt about its role in predicting CVD events which has led to an increasing focus for abdominal obesity indices (Ribeiro et al 2010;Mladenova and Andreenko, 2015;Andreenko et al, 2015aAndreenko et al, , 2015b The increase of prevalence of overweight, general and central obesity and prehypertension and hypertension among Bulgarian university students could be explained by the heredity burden, psychological stress during student life, lack of time and financial resources for quality and healthly food, by the tobacco use, alcohol consumption and sedentary lifestyle.…”

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“…In Bulgaria they were many investigation about risk factors for CVD and other disease in adults (Dyakova et al, 2008;Andreenko et al, 2015a;2015b;Andreenko et al, 2017). A representative sample of Bulgarian urban population (n = 3810) from five Bulgarian cities was inlcuded in a cross-sectional observation study performed in the period 2005-2007 from Dyakova et al(2008).…”

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“…The many research reported for prevalence of anthropometric, cardiovascular and environmental risk factors in children, adolescents and young adults from various countries in Bulgaria (Nikolova,1997;Nikolova et al, 2005;Andeenko and Nikolova, 2010;Mitova, 2010;Mladenova and Andreenko, 2015;Andreenko et al, 2015aAndreenko et al, , 2015b, Turkey (Aynaci, Akdemir, 2018), Serbia (Stojanovic, 2009;Crnobrnja et al, 2012), Portugal (Brandao et al, 2008),Columbia (Feliciano-Alfonso, 2010, Japan (Furukawa et al, 2009), Jordan (Gharaibeh et al, 2012), Egypt (Farrag et al, 2015), India (Jain et al, 2014, Malaysia (Cheah et al, 2018 and many other.…”

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“…In connect to the fact that overweight and obesity were the significant risk factors for CVD the many autors reported for prevalence of overweight and obesity among Bulgarians-children, young and older (Petrova et al, 2012;Birdanova et al, 2013;Mitova, 2010;Mladenova and Andreenko, 2015;Andreenko et al, 2015aAndreenko et al, , 2015b. The rising percentage in recent years of overweight and obese people in Bulgaria who also suffer prehypertension and hypertension, including young people, as well as the high morbidity and mortality of adults because of cardiovascular diseases undoubtedly raise very serious concerns.…”

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Prevalence of anthropometric and cardiovascular risk factors among Bulgarian university students

Mladenova¹

2019

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their conection with health risk anthropometrical factors among Bulgarian university students, the main in the South Bulgaria. The sample population of the study included total 386 young people, of which 303 females and 83 males, between 18-30 years of age i.e. the mean age is 21.3-21.4 years. They were from different regions of Bulgaria, mainly from Southern Bulgaria.The study was conducted transversally in the period between 2015 and 2017. For each person the weight, height, waist circumference and blood pressure were measured. On this base the body mass index and waist to height ratio were calculated by formulas. Underweight was defined as BMI< 18.5 kg/m2, overweight as BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2 and obesity as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was used for evaluation of central (abdominal) obesity, that was defined as WHtR ≥ 0.5. The prehypertension was defined when SBP > 120 <139 and/or DBP > 80 <89 mmHg and hypertension when SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90mmHg. The statistical processing of the data was done using software package Statistica 10.0 and SPSS 20.0 by means of descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results show that the underweight occurs among 1.2% of the men and among 15.2% of the women, the overweight occur among 32.5% of men and 13.9% of women and obesity was found among 10.8% of the men and 8.6% of the women.Central obesity occur among 32% of males and 17% of females, independently of their nutritional status. The prehypertension occur among 46% of the men and 28% of the women.The hypertension found among 18% of the men and among 2% of the women. Among male students with prehypertension the overweight occur among 35.7%, and obesity occur among 10.7% of participants, while among hypertensive male the overweight and obesity occurs in 18.2% and 36.4%, respectively. In group of prehypertensive females 22.4% are overweight and 14.9% are obese. Hypertension occur among 20% of overweight and 40% of obese female students. In group of central obese male the prehypertension and hypertension occurs among 55% and 20%, respectively. Among central obese females 47.5% are prehypertensive and 7.5% are hypertensive. The results also show that the waist circumference has a serious potential to influence on the blood pressure level at an early adulthood in both sexes. The higher prevalence of elevated blood pressure, overweight, general and central obesity among Bulgarian university students maybe connect with factors such as a sex, hormonal status, hereditary burden and sexual differences in some lifestyle habits as a nutrition, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, individual physiological and biochemical status, psychological stress during student life and other. The prevalence of this risk factors among young Bulgarian adults needs of urgent attention and further evaluation because of the grave consequences of obesity and hypertension and because the hypertension and overweight is an impo...

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“…The lack of information regarding overweight and obesity among OA has restricted the adequate planning of intervention programs. Indeed, several highly relevant modifiable factors of overweight and obesity have not been studied at all among the OA, such as dietary behaviours (intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and heavy drinking) [19,20] and physical activity [21,22]. In addition, there are other modifiable predictors of overweight and obesity recognised as important in the literature, including psychological factors (body image perception and depression [23,24]) and built environment [25,26].…”

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Predictors of Overweight and Obesity and Its Consequences among Senoi Orang Asli (Indigenous People) Women in Perak, Malaysia

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In spite of the high prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Orang Asli (OA) of Malaysia being an increasing concern due to the associated adverse health implications, information regarding this issue is scarce. This cross-sectional study is aimed to investigate the predictors of overweight and obesity and its association with blood pressure and quality of life among Senoi OA women. A total of 19 villages at Batang Padang, Perak, were selected out of a total of 56 villages using a simple random sampling, in which 355 Senoi OA women were participated in the study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to obtain information on sociodemographic characteristics, dietary intake, physical activity, and quality of life. Weight, height and blood pressure were also measured. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 32.4% and 26.2%, respectively. In terms of multiple linear regression, monthly household income, total energy intake, and metabolic equivalents (METs) for domestic activities were found to have significantly contributed to body mass index (BMI). Furthermore, BMI contributed significantly towards levels of blood pressure and quality of life after controlling for monthly household income, total energy intake, and METs for domestic activities. In conclusion, there should be urgent attention to poverty and overweight/obesity among the OA women. The findings would aid in alerting policy makers and health professionals as underweight is no longer a sole nutritional problem among OA but it appears to be coexisting with overweight and obesity. Strategies for improving their socioeconomic status, promoting a balanced and moderate diet, and encouraging involvement of OA women in physical activities should be implemented to prevent overweight and obesity.

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Association between alcohol intake and overweight and obesity: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of 127 observational studies

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Influence of Socio-economic, Dietary and Behavioral Factors on Overweight and Obesity in Bulgarian Men

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Prevalence of anthropometric and cardiovascular risk factors among Bulgarian university students

Prevalence of anthropometric and cardiovascular risk factors among Bulgarian university students

Predictors of Overweight and Obesity and Its Consequences among Senoi Orang Asli (Indigenous People) Women in Perak, Malaysia

Association between alcohol intake and overweight and obesity: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of 127 observational studies

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