Overweight and Obesity among University Students
Overweight and Obesity among University Students

Author(s): Tatiana Kimáková, Marwan Issa, Boshra Nasser, Reem Zeidan, Maysoon Zeidan, Jan Schuster, Mariana Račková
Subject(s): Education, Higher Education , Health and medicine and law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: overweight; obesity; students; prevention; recommendations;
Summary/Abstract: Obesity is a serious worldwide multi-factorial medical condition which is associated with a wide range of debilitating, chronic and life-threatening conditions affecting people of all age groups. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of obesity among university students at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. Moreover, we aim to explore the differences between male and female and the differences between two university faculties. Finally, we make a comparison of the results obtained with those from other studies and propose the recommendations in prevention of obesity. The research sample consisted of 287 college students of medical and non-medical fields aged range 20–28 years. In our research we used the questionnaire method. Processing the data obtained, we used statistical program Microsoft Excel. Males have higher average value body mass index than females. It has been confirmed that there is no statistical differences between group of students of Faculty of Law and group of students of Faculty of Medicine regarding four classes of body mass index. It has been confirmed that there is statistical difference between group of females and group of males regarding four classes of body mass index. Obesity should become a major target for prevention since its consequences are clearly the development of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, musculoskeletal disorders, gallbladder diseases, respiratory diseases, digestive disorders, certain types of cancer (breast, uterine, colon) and some other diseases. Research on dietary composition, physical activity and gut microflora plays an important role for future prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity.

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