EVALUATION OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN TERMS OF OBESITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Year 2024, Volume: 15 Issue: 30, 581 - 604, 30.12.2024

Şenol Demirci

https://doi.org/10.36543/kauiibfd.2024.023

Abstract

The prevalence of obesity is increasing in all countries. Obesity is associated with a number of health, social and economic indicators and is the main cause of some of them and there may be differences between countries in terms of these indicators according to obesity. This study aims to classify 164 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries into groups using panel clustering analysis based on indicators of obesity prevalence and daily calorie intake per capita, and to compare these groups using ANOVA analysis on health, social and economic indicators. The analysis results show that developing countries in South America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia are in cluster A; developed countries in Europe and North America are in cluster B; underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia are in cluster C; and countries in East and South Asia are in cluster D. Despite having high obesity rates and daily calorie intake levels, cluster B, which includes developed countries, has better health, social and economic indicators compared to the other clusters.

Keywords

Clustering, calories, socio-economic indicators

Project Number

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DÜNYA SAĞLIK ÖRGÜTÜ’NE ÜYE ÜLKELERİN OBEZİTE VE SOSYO-EKONOMİK GÖSTERGELER AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Tüm ülkelerde obezite prevalansı artmaktadır. Obezite bir takım sağlık, sosyal ve ekonomik gösterge ile ilişkili olup bazılarının da temel nedenidir ve obeziteye göre ülkeler arasında söz konusu göstergeler açısından farklılıklar bulunabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’ne (DSÖ) üye 164 ülkenin obezite prevalansı ve kişi başına günlük kalori tüketimi göstergelerinden faydalanarak panel kümeleme analizi ile homojen gruplara ayırılması ve ANOVA analizi ile kümelerin sağlık, sosyal ve ekonomik göstergelere göre karşılaştırılması amaçlanmaktadır. Analiz sonucunda, gelişmekte olan Güney Amerika, Doğu Avrupa ve Orta Asya ülkeleri A kümesinde; gelişmiş Avrupa ve Kuzey Amerika ülkeleri B kümesinde; az gelişmiş Afrika ve Asya ülkeleri C kümesinde; Doğu ve Güney Asya ülkeleri ise D kümesinde yer almıştır. Gelişmiş ülkelerin yer aldığı B kümesi, yüksek obezite ve günlük tüketilen kalori değerlerine sahip olmasına rağmen diğer kümelere kıyasla daha iyi sağlık, sosyal ve ekonomik göstergelere sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Kümeleme, kalori, sosyo-ekonomik göstergeler

Ethical Statement

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