Erschienen in:
01.01.2016 | Original Article
Relationship between health behaviour and body mass index in the Serbian adult population: data from National Health Survey 2013
verfasst von:
Miloš Ž. Maksimović, Jelena M. Gudelj Rakić, Hristina D. Vlajinac, Nadja D. Vasiljević, Jelena M. Marinković
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Public Health
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Ausgabe 1/2016
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Abstract
Objectives
To determine relationship between health behaviour and body
mass index (BMI) in a Serbian adult population.
Methods
Study population included adults aged 20 and more years. A stratified, two-stage national representative random sampling approach was used for the selection of the survey sample.
Results
Regarding BMI, out of the 12,461 subjects of both sexes, 2.4 % were underweight, 36.5 % overweight and 22.4 % obese. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that both in men and women, risk factors for obesity were former smoking, irregular eating breakfast and low physical activity level, while in women only risk of obesity was associated with alcohol consumption. In both sexes, risk factors for overweight were former smoking and low physical activity level, and in women additionally those were alcohol consumption, irregular eating breakfast, always adding salt to meals and consumption of 2–4 portions of fruit daily. Smoking and irregular eating of breakfast in men were risk factors for underweight.
Conclusions
Physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, irregular breakfast consumption, adding salt to meals, frequency of vegetable and fruit consumption were related to BMI in adult Serbian population.