VZL 1998, 67(5):197-200

ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY AMONG POLISH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY SUBJECTS

Anna Klos, Jerzy Bertrandt
Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland

In the IVth century BC Hippocrates noted that obese people live shorter. Therefore a lot of efforts were done and attention was paid to study the obesity. It was stated that the obesity is a result of wrong nutrition, low physical activity, every-day stress and genetic factors. The obesity, in other words accumulation of fat in organism in amounts exceeding standards, is of the most frequent occurring pathological status. We talk about obesity when the body mass exceeds standard body mass over 20%. According to the WHO criterion obesity as just as overweight is described by Body Mass Index (BMI) indicator which is a value of quotient of body mass in kg and body height in m2. BMI value > 30 kg/m2 is recognised as obesity criterion....

Keywords: Obesity

Published: November 1, 1998  Show citation

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Klos, A., & Bertrandt, J. (1998). ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY AMONG POLISH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY SUBJECTS. Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy67(issue 5), 197-200
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