Determinants of obesity in Turkey: appetite or disease?
Aim: This study examines the factors affecting obesity prevalence among adult individuals in Turkey using data obtained from the National Health Survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI). Subjects and methods: Nowadays obesity is one of the world's major health problems. Although the proport...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 151 - 162 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=135796607&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 135796607 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2019 vid: 27 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 135796607 10.1007/s10389-018-0940-6 ppf: 151 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Determinants of obesity in Turkey: appetite or disease? aug: au: Demir, Okan Demir, Nuray Bilgic, Abdulbaki affil: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Atatürk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey su: Türkiye Obesity risk factors Age distribution Mental depression Food habits Marital status Metropolitan areas Obesity Sex distribution Educational attainment Prevention of obesity Chi-squared test Diet Probability theory Statistics Secondary analysis Sedentary lifestyles Statistical models Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Obesity risk factors Age distribution Mental depression Food habits Marital status Metropolitan areas Obesity Sex distribution Educational attainment Türkiye Prevention of obesity Chi-squared test Diet Probability theory Statistics Secondary analysis Sedentary lifestyles Statistical models Descriptive statistics keyword: Bivariate probit model Households Turkey Bivariate probit model Households Turkey ab: Aim: This study examines the factors affecting obesity prevalence among adult individuals in Turkey using data obtained from the National Health Survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI). Subjects and methods: Nowadays obesity is one of the world's major health problems. Although the proportion of young people remains very high in Turkey, the prevalence of obesity is increasing daily. In this study, we used the National Health Survey data collected by the TSI in 2012. The research was carried out on 14,400 households in 12 regions of Turkey. The study covered socio-demographic characteristics of families and household heads, but included only observations made by household heads. We tested a bivariate probit model with sample selection, which was compatible with the data-generating process to exclude the inherent selection problem. We then applied a simple binary probit model to assess the likelihood of being obese among those who reported their body measures (height and weight). Results: The results indicated that living in a city, getting married, being female, being middle-aged, being depressed and having lower education levels increased the probability of obesity prevalence among Turkish subjects, while less obesity prevalence was associated with being male, being well educated, being a regular walker, being a smoker and living in a rural area. Conclusions: When combating obesity in Turkey, social risk groups that are more likely to be obese should be identified and awareness training should be carried out for each group with suitable objectives and programs. The aim of such programs should be to encourage adequate and balanced nutrition and regular physical activity and to teach individuals about the adverse effects of obesity on health (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, some types of cancer, hypertension, etc.). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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