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Abstract
Results:
The percentage of overweight in Al-Minya university was 34.4%, while the percentage of of obesity was 33.8%.
Obesity is more common in females than males, and obesity increases with increasing age.
The percentage of central obesity among males and females according to waist circumference was 32.8% and 38.4 % respectively, while its percentage according to waist/hip ratio was 34.9% and 43.5% respectively.
The percentage of obesity in employees was 40.2%, in the teaching staff members was 31.9%, and in the manual workers was 23.9% and the percentage of obesity was the highest in education below the university level, followed by those who had university level or above and lastly those who read and write only.
There is no significant relation between obesity and nutritional knowledge and attitude.
Obese workers consumed more regular meals than non obese and percentage of obesity among workers who eats snacks 3 times per day was 75%, while prevalence of obesity among workers who never eats snacks were 31.2%.
There is an inverse statistical significant relation between eating salad , fruits and obesity in the present study.
There is a statistical significant relation between physical inactivity and obesity. As 29.9% of the non obese participate in exercise for 20-30 minutes 3 times or more per week compared to only 15.4% of the obese workers.
Type of work is an important risk factor for obesity development, the percentage of obesity among people their work needs continuous movement was 21.4% compared to 44.7% among people their works needs long times sitting.
There is no statistical significant relation between obesity and smoking. Obesity is more common if any member in the family is obese than if none is obese (36.1% and 25.1% respectively), and if it was present in the childhood period.