TY  - JOUR
TI  - Factors Affecting Overweight and Obesity among Urban Adults: A Case of Samsun Province, Turkey
AB  - Objective:The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of genetic, behavioral, and socio-economic factors on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban adults.Methods:The primary data of this study was derived from 384 adult individuals using the non-grouped one stage random likelihood sampling procedure in the urban area of Samsun province of Turkey. The ordered probit model was used to estimate factors affecting overweight and obesity among urban adults.Results:The research results show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban adults were 30.7% and 21.1, respectively. The ordered probit model result revealed that age, number of siblings, marital status, employment, number of obese family member, BMI of mother and breastfeeding duration had statistically significant positive effectson the likelihood of overweight and obesity among the urban adults, while paying attention toward fat, sugar and salt contents in foods and dieting behavior had statistically significant negative effects on the likelihood of overweight and obesity. Conclusions:In order to decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the urban adults, they should be eating healthy foods and do enough physical activities, and these should be a part of their lifestyle forever.
AU  - ORAK, Şeyma
AU  - KALELİOĞLU, Hümeyra
AU  - HAQ, Shamsheer ul
AU  - BAŞER, Uğur
AU  - BOZOĞLU, Mustafa
DO  - 10.21763/tjfmpc.718594
PY  - 2020
JO  - Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
SN  - 1307-2048
SP  - 521
EP  - 529
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/428070
ER  -