Factors Affecting Overweight and Obesity among Urban Adults: A Case of Samsun Province, Turkey

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of genetic, behavioral, and socio-economic factors on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban adults. Methods: The primary data of this study was derived from 384 adult individuals using the non-grouped one stage random likelihood sampling procedure in the urban area of Samsun province of Turkey. The ordered probit model was used to estimate factors affecting overweight and obesity among urban adults. Results: The research results show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban adults were 30.7% and 21.1, respectively. The ordered probit model result revealed that age, number of siblings, marital status, employment, number of obese family member, BMI of mother and breastfeeding duration had statistically significant positive effects on the likelihood of overweight and obesity among the urban adults, while paying attention toward fat, sugar and salt contents in foods and dieting behavior had statistically significant negative effects on the likelihood of overweight and obesity. Conclusions: In order to decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the urban adults, they should be eating healthy foods and do enough physical activities, and these should be a part of their lifestyle forever.

Keywords

• Urban adults
• overweight
• obesity
• ordered probit
• Samsun

Kentsel Yetişkinlerde Aşırı Kilo ve Obeziteyi etkileyen faktörler: Samsun İli Örneği, Türkiye

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, genetik, davranışsal ve sosyo-ekonomik faktörlerin yetişkinlerde aşırı kilo ve obeziteye etkisinin ortaya konulmasıdır. Yöntem: Çalışmanın verileri, Samsun İli kent merkezindeki yetişkinler arasından rastgele olasılık örnekleme yaklaşımı kullanılarak seçilen 384 yetişkin ile yapılan anketlerle elde edilmiştir. Aşırı kilo ve obeziteye etkili faktörlerin belirlenmesinde sıralı probit modeli kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırma sonuçları, kentsel yetişkinlerde aşırı kilo ve obezitenin sırasıyla %30.7 ve %21.1 olduğunu göstermektedir. Model sonuçları; yaş, kardeş sayısı, medeni hal, istihdam edilme, ailedeki obez birey sayısı, annenin BMI’ı ve bebeklik dönemindeki emzirilme sürenin kentsel yetişkinlerde aşırı kilo ve obeziteyi istatistiki olarak pozitif etkisinin olduğu; buna karşın diyet yapma alışkanlığı, gıdaların yağ, şeker ve tuz içeriğine dikkat edilmesi gibi davranışların istatistiki olarak anlamlı negatif etkilerinin olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç: Aşırı kilo ve obezitesinin önlenebilmesi için kentsel yetişkinlerin sağlıklı beslenmeleri ve yeterli fiziksel aktivite yapmaları, bunları yaşam tarzlarının bir parçası haline getirmeleri gerekli görülmektedir.  

Keywords

• kentsel yetişkin
• aşırı kilo
• obezite
• sıralı probit
• Samsun

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