Overweight and Obesity among adults in Serbia: Results from the National Health Survey

Grujić, Vera; Dragnić, Nataša; Radić, Ivana; Harhaji, Sanja; Susnjevic, S

doi:10.1007/bf03325278

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“…In this study, 41.2% of women with T-score < -2.5 had BMI lower than 19 kg/m 2 . Totally 24.2% of all participants were underweight, which is rather high in comparison to the prevalence of underweight reported by Grujic et al for healthy adult females in Serbia (14). This confirms the fact that individuals with low BMI have higher susceptibility to osteoporotic disorders.…”

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Prevalence of Risk Factors Among Women With Osteoporosis

Stajic

Živanović

Mirić

et al. 2017

Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research

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Osteoporosis is a progressive bone disorder that can be infl uenced by many diff erent factors. A cross-sectional study has been conducted with the aim to assess the prevalence of risk factors as well as to identify the possible causes of improvement of the disease. Th e study population consisted of 97 women older than 35 who had previously been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Dualenergy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan was used to determine bone mineral density (BMD) in order to assess the current state of the disease. Th e participants were asked to complete a standardized IOF (International Osteoporosis Foundation) questionnaire. According to BMD measurements, 24.7% of women had normal bone density while 18.6% had T-score lower than -2.5. Th ere was a statistically signifi cant correlation between T-score and the history of previous bone fractures. Besides, a relatively high prevalence of certain risk factors (such as underweight, early menopause, oophorectomy, thyroid and parathyroid disorders etc.) was observed in woman with osteoporosis.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

Prevalence of Risk Factors Among Women With Osteoporosis

Stajic

Živanović

Mirić

et al. 2017

Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research

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“…Poor nutrition and lack of appropriate physical activity are major cause of obesity. Serbian Republic and neighbouring countries are areas in which people always used to have a habit to eat a lot of food because they were dealing with agricultural and hard physical works [23]. The obtained results showed that the majority of examined adolescents are in the group of healthy weight.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…At the age of 19 all the boys have normal weight, while in girls has above and below healthy weight. Girls in the late adolescent years, in addition to obesity, have a problem with underweight [23]. Pokrajac-Bulian and Ambrosi-Randić in their study concluded that the girls in Croatia with high scores on the internalization and awareness scales were the most dissatisfied with their bodies [24].…”

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Relationship between Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage among Adolescents from Serbian Republic

Jelena¹,

Zm²,

Milica³

et al. 2016

J Child Obes

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The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (% BF) among 1000 healthy adolescents (ages, 15-19 y) from different areas in Serbian Republic (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), during 2014. In this study examined adolescents were divided into four groups after calculating BMI, and after the correlation between BMI and %BF. The obtained results show that there are significantly more (p < 0.01; p < 0.05) boys (ages, 15-18) with a healthy weight than girls. The correlation between BMI) and %BF was very strong, positive, among examined girls (r = 0.975) and boys (r = 0.752). In a group with normal % BF and increased BMI there were significantly more (p < 0.01) boys than girls, and the opposite situation were in a group with increased BMI and % BF, where it was significantly more (p < 0.05) girls than boys. Obtained results show that the majority of adolescents in the Serbian Republic have normal body weight, with a tendency of increase, especially among girls who are more prone to unbalanced nutrition.

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“…The prevalence of obesity has increased in Serbia and it is a significant public health problem among Serbian adults: 55.7% of adult population was overweight while 19.0% of examinees were obese [3]. Genetic predisposition to obesity has been reported as a major risk factor for individuals [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Europe, its prevalence is in the range 10-25% in men and 10-30% in women [1,2]. The prevalence of obesity increased in Serbia and it became a significant public health problem among Serbian adults: 55.7% of adult population was overweight while 19.0% of examinees were obese [3]. Obesity is a disease defined as abnormal accumulation of body fat mass, which may arise as a result of increased energy intake, decreased energy expenditure or increased partitioning of nutrients into fat.…”

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Association of leptin gene polymorphism G-2548A with metabolic and anthropometric parameters in obese patients in a Serbian population: pilot study

Šoškić

Stokić

Obradović

et al. 2014

Clinical Lipidology

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Aim:The aim of this pilot study was to investigate possible associations of LEP promoter polymorphism LEP G-2548A and obesity-associated metabolic and antropometric parameters in obese population. Materials & methods: Group of 31 patients with hyperalimentary type of obesity (mean age: 39.26 ± 11.45 years; BMI: 41.51 ± 9.22 kg/m 2 ) and 36 healthy, nonobese, normal weight subjects (mean age: 33.55 ± 6.46 years; BMI: 22.63 ± 1.94 kg/m 2 ) were studied. Blood samples were collected for DNA isolation, serum leptin and serum lipids measurements. LEP G-2548A genotypes were determined by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism based analyses. Results: No significant differences in genotype and allele frequencies of the LEP G-2548A polymorphism were detected between obese and normal weight subjects. No association was found between this polymorphism and BMI. Obese subjects had statistically significant increase in serum leptin levels compared with control, while no association between leptin concentration and LEP polymorphism LEP G-2548A was found. There is a statistically significant association of LEP G-2548A genotypes with LDL (p < 0.05), LDL/HDL ratio (p < 0.001), apoB (p < 0.01), body weight (p < 0.001) and waist circumference (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that there is an association between LEP G-2548A polymorphism and metabolic and anthropometric parameters in obese patients in a Serbian population.

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Overweight and Obesity among adults in Serbia: Results from the National Health Survey

Abstract: High prevalence of overweight and obesity is a significant public health problem among Serbian adults. Efforts are needed to effectively promote daily physical activity and healthy eating through progressive modifications in lifestyle and the creation of supportive environments.

Cited by 17 publications

References 40 publications

Prevalence of Risk Factors Among Women With Osteoporosis

Prevalence of Risk Factors Among Women With Osteoporosis

Relationship between Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage among Adolescents from Serbian Republic

Association of leptin gene polymorphism G-2548A with metabolic and anthropometric parameters in obese patients in a Serbian population: pilot study

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