scholarly journals Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Women of Childbearing Age: Results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjel Vahratian
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Family Growth

scholarly journals Anthropometry of women of childbearing age in Morocco: body composition and prevalence of overweight and obesity

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rekia Belahsen ◽  
Mohamed Mziwira ◽  
Fatima Fertat
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Moroccan Women

AbstractObjective:To determine the prevalence of obesity and body fat distribution of Moroccan women of childbearing age, using a panel of anthropometric measurements.Design and setting:A cross-sectional survey conducted in 1995 in an agricultural community, El Jadida province of Morocco. Weight, height, waist and hip circumferences and triceps, biceps, subscapular and supra-iliac skinfold thicknesses were measured. Body mass index (BMI), waist/hip ratio (WHR), sum of all and sum of trunk skinfold thicknesses were determined.Subjects:In total, 1269 women aged 15–49 years from urban and rural areas were surveyed.Results:The means of all anthropometric measurements including body fat were higher in urban than in rural women and increased with age. Trunk fat contributed 50% of total fat. Globally, 4.7% of women were underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg m−2), 35.2% were overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg m−2), 10.1% were obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg m−2) and 16.8% had central obesity (WHR > 0.85). The prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in the urban than in the rural area. Underweight prevalence decreased with age, whereas that of overweight and obesity increased. All anthropometric parameters adjusted for age increased with the increase of BMI and WHR.Conclusions:Although undernutrition is still prevalent, there is an alarming prevalence of overweight and obesity in Moroccan women of childbearing age. The results indicate a shift in this country from the problem of dietary deficiency to the problem of dietary excess, and alert one to the necessity of establishing an intervention to prevent obesity-related diseases. It is necessary to address which of the anthropometric variables studied here is the best predictor of obesity-related diseases in this population.

scholarly journals Shifts in Higher-Order Unions and Stepfamilies Among Currently Cohabiting and Married Women of Childbearing Age

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 1775-1799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Benjamin Guzzo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Order ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Union Formation ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Never Married ◽  
The Past ◽  
Family Growth ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Shifts in union formation and childbearing have undoubtedly altered the prevalence and structure of higher-order unions and stepfamilies, but no study has examined trends over time. Comparing the 1988 and 2011-2013 cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth, I produce estimates of repartnering and stepfamily formation among currently partnered women aged 15 to 44 years. The percentage of intact unions that are remarriages stayed stable (around 27% to 28%), but a growing proportion of currently married and cohabiting women had another cohabiting partner in the past. The percentage of intact unions that are stepfamilies increased from 24% to 31%, with an increase in cohabiting stepfamilies from 19% to 39% of all stepfamilies. Furthermore, while the majority of remarriages are stepfamilies, the majority of women’s stepfamilies are no longer remarriages due to union formation among never-married parents. Cohabiting (but not marital) stepfamilies also exhibited changes in which partner had children and in shared childbearing.

Behavioural interventions to treat and prevent overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age: a scoping review

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Melinda Hutchesson ◽  
Mette de Jonge Mulock Houwer ◽  
Megan Rollo ◽  
Jenna Hollis ◽  
Siew Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Behavioural Interventions

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF PREGNANCY COURSE IN WOMEN WITH CONCOMITANT OBESITY WHO TAKE THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC COMPLEX AIMED TO PREVENT PREECLAMPSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
M. M. Zelinka-Khobzey
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Endothelial Dysfunction ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age

The rapid growth in the incidence of overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age is posing specific issues related to their pregnancy, thereupon choosing adequate and effective tactics for the prevention of preeclampsia in women with concomitant obesity who are at high risk group for this complication is of undoubted relevance. The aim of this study is to assess the occurrence and characteristic of obstetric and prenatal complications in women with concomitant obesity, who receive therapeutic and prophylactic complex designed to prevent the development of preeclampsia. We studied the course of pregnancy of 255 women, who were divided into 3 groups according to the class of obesity, and then, in turn, were subdivided into subgroups taking into account the presence of preeclampsia and the therapeutic and prophylactic complex course. The high efficiency of the therapeutic and prophylactic complex including L-arginine and diosmin for obese women enables to reduce the manifestations of endothelial dysfunction, the occurrence of preeclampsia and its severe forms; to lower down the occurrence of other complications during the pregnancy (risks of premature birth, placental insufficiency, distress and foetal growth retardation); to avoid perinatal mortality and improve the condition of the foetus. Applying this pathogenetically grounded therapeutic and prophylactic complex we elaborated (acetylsalicylic acid, L-arginine, calcium supplements and semisynthetic diosmin) to prevent the occurrence of preeclampsia in pregnant women with concomitant obesity, who are at high-risk group, promotes the reduction of occurrence and intensity of obstetric and prenatal complications resulted from endothelial dysfunction. We can suggest the therapeutic and prophylactic complex for pregnant women with concomitant obesity as effective therapy because no cases of severe and early preeclampsia have been registered.

scholarly journals Association of Obesity and Socioeconomic Status among Women of Childbearing Age Living in Urban Area of Morocco

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Barich ◽  
Fatima Ezzahra Zahrou ◽  
Fatima Zahra Laamiri ◽  
Nisrine El Mir ◽  
Manelle Rjimati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Abdominal Obesity ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Important Public Health Problem ◽  
The Social

Worldwide, obesity is considered as an important public health problem. This study aims to explore the social and economic factors associated with overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age residing in the urban area of Morocco. This is a descriptive and analytical study conducted among women (N=240), aged between 15 and 49 years. At recruitment, socioeconomic status (SES) of each participant was assessed, anthropometric parameters were recorded, and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were measured to assess overweight and obesity. Data regarding skipped meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) were collected using an adapted questionnaire. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age was 29.9% and 15.4%, respectively, while for abdominal obesity, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was, respectively, 39.9% and 60.1%. The results indicate that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among women is higher in women aged over 30. A significant association was shown between education level and both BMI and WHR (r1=−0.23, r2=−0.17, p<0.05), respectively, and there is also a significant correlation between household size and WHR abdominal obesity (r=0.21, p=0.05). Our results reinforce the necessity to improve the access of all social classes in Morocco to reliable information on the determinants and consequences of obesity and to develop plans for adequate prevention and management of obesity.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ANTARA AKTIVITAS FISIK DENGAN OBESITAS PADA WANITA USIA SUBUR PESERTA JAMKESMAS DI PUSKESMAS WAWONASA KECAMATAN SINGKIL MANADO

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meiriyani Deliana Novitasary
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
P Value ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fast Movement

Abstract: Obesity is being a serious problem in a few of developing countries. This time has prevalence of overweight and obesity are had a fast movement in the worldwide and could be dangerous. The nutritions of the older people has an overweight possibility. The aim of research knowing about relation between the physical activities and obesity on the women of childbearing period age as member of public insurance at public health centers in Wawonasa Singkil Manado District. This research is a kind of observational analytic with a cross sectional. The population in this research on the ladies who came during the research as a member and also had a criteria are 77 person. The result of this research is based on the statistic analytic which used chi-square and had p value 0,55 which bigger than α0,05. This result also shows that, there is no relation between physical activities and obesity on the Women of Childbearing Age (WUS) as member of public health insurance at public health centers in Wawonasa Singkil Manado District.Keywords: Physical Activities, Obesity, Women Childbearing PeriodAbstrak: Obesitas menjadi masalah serius di banyak negara berkembang. Saat ini terdapat bukti bahwa prevalensi kelebihan berat badan (overweight) dan obesitas meningkat sangat tajam diseluruh dunia, yang mencapai tingkatan yang membahayakan. Permasalahan gizi pada orang dewasa cenderung lebih dominan untuk kelebihan berat badan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah ada hubungan antara aktivitas fisik dengan obesitas pada wanita usia subur (WUS) peserta Jamkesmas di puskemas wawonasa kecamatan singkil manado. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian observasional analitik dengan pendekatan Cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah semua wanita usia subur peserta Jamkesmas yang datang saat penelitian dilakukan yang memenuhi kriteria peneilitan yaitu sebanyak 77 orang. Hasil penelitian berdasarkan uji statistik dengan menggunakan Chi-square diperoleh nilai p sebesar 0,55 yakni lebih besar dibandingkan dengan α0,05. Hasil ini menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan antara aktivitas fisik dengan obesitas pada wanita usia subur (WUS) peserta Jamkesmas di Puskesmas Wawonasa Kecamatan Singkil Manado.Kata kunci: Aktivitas Fisik, Obesitas, Wanita Usia Subur

scholarly journals Prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated factors among women of childbearing age in Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Amanda O Lyrio ◽  
Elivan S Souza ◽  
Sarah dos S Conceição ◽  
Josicélia ET Batista ◽  
Sheila M Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Attack ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Health History

Abstract Objective: To assess the factors associated with overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age in Brazil. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Using the National Health Survey (PNS) database, from the year 2013. The socio-economic and demographic factors analysed were age, race/skin colour, region, marital status, education level, employment and family income. Concerning health history, diagnoses of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, heart attack, stroke, chronic kidney disease, menarche, parity and depression were evaluated. For lifestyle information, health status, alcoholic beverage consumption, smoking and physical activity were included. The outcomes were obesity and overweight. The association of excess weight with socio-economic and demographic factors, health history and lifestyle characteristics was investigated according to the appropriate theoretical–conceptual model for the topic. Participants: The sample size was 17 109 women aged 18–49 years. Results: The prevalence of women with excess weight was 55·20 %, with 33·26 % being overweight and 21·94 % with obesity. The factors associated with excess weight were age, non-white skin colour, having a partner, family income of up to two minimum wages, menarche before the age of 12, multiparity, diabetes mellitus, depression, hypertension, high cholesterol, stroke and heart attack. Conclusion: The results showed an association between excess weight and socio-demographic factors, both determinants of general and reproductive health history. Implementation of effective public health policies is necessary to prevent unfavourable outcomes related to the health of women of childbearing age with excess weight.

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