EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY OF TRAITORS OF THE MULTIMODAL FREIGHT MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE CITY PROVINCE OF KINSHASA
Autor: | Kusuayi Mabele Godefroid; Nkiama Ekisawa Constant; Bongo Nzeloka Jolie; Christophe Delecluse; Lepira Bompeka François |
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Sprache: | Englisch; Serbisch |
Veröffentlicht: |
2019 |
Quelle: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
Online Zugang: |
http://www.sanamed.rs/OJS/index.php/Sanamed/article/view/277/160 https://doaj.org/toc/1452-662X https://doaj.org/toc/2217-8171 doi:10.24125/sanamed.v14i1.277 1452-662X 2217-8171 https://doaj.org/article/2aea298049504077ad0441a88bd3509e https://doi.org/10.24125/sanamed.v14i1.277 https://doaj.org/article/2aea298049504077ad0441a88bd3509e |
Erfassungsnummer: | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2aea298049504077ad0441a88bd3509e |
Zusammenfassung
Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the workplace. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with 210 workers of which 119 male (56.7%) and 91 female (43.3%) selected in a simple random manner in a company in the city of Kinshasa province between November 2013 to January 2014. Overweight was determined by workers with a body mass index between 25 and 29.9 kg / m2 and obesity by those with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg / m2. Results: This study found a prevalence of 23.8% of overweight workers and 48.1% of workers suffering from obesity with predominance in women (65.5% in men vs. 80.2% in women, p <0.014). The frequency of risk factors associated with obesity increased with the increase in weight status of BMI (p <0.001). Conclusion: Obesity is a common pathology in the workplace and hypertension is the main modifiable risk factor. Sedentarity is the main determinant of overweight and obesity. Obesity is a public health problem in the workplace in the city of Kinshasa because of the command and collaboration frameworks are most affected.