Open AccessPredictors of overweight and obesity among adults aged 50 years and above: Serbian national health survey
Author(s) -
Vera Grujic,
Nataša Dragnić,
Vesna Mijatović-Jovanović,
Snežana Ukropina,
Sanja Harhaji,
Ivana Radić,
Svetlana Kvrgić
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp140821140g
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , socioeconomic status , marital status , demography , population , cross sectional study , environmental health , logistic regression , gerontology , sociology , pathology
Obesity is a complex and multifactorial condition related to morbidity, mortality, poor quality of life and many other problems. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and factors associated with them (demographic, socioeconomic factors and lifestyle) in adults aged 50 years and above in Serbia.
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