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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
Introduction:
By 2014, globally at least 600 million of a total
of 1.9 billion overweight adults were obese and 41 million
under the age of 5 years were either overweight or obese.
Methods:
A sample of 100 participants with a body mass
index (BMI) above 25kg/m
2
was asked to complete a
questionnaire which included socio-demographic data and
perceptions about their weight. The study was approved by
the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee at the University
of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The participants were
recruited from a peri-urban general practice situated in the
north of Durban, South Africa.
Results:
Their ages ranged from 18 to 76 years. 82 percent
were females. Almost 71% had a BMI which fell into the Class
II and III WHO classification and 25.8% between 18 to 30
years, is either overweight or obese. The results showed that
85.5% were unhappy with their weight with 96.8% knowing
that obesity is a health risk and 87.1% recognizing the role
of diet in the development of obesity. Fast food intake (p
=0.023) and vegetable intake (p=0.026) per week were
associated with increasing BMI (multiple linear regression,
adjusted R square =0.353) while variables such as age,
gender, income, educational status, consumption of high fat
foods and soft drinks were not statistically significant. The
correlation analyses showed a positive correlation (Pearson
correlation of .348) between the daily frequency of high fat
intake and the number of daily vegetable servings which
is statistically significant. A statistically significant negative
correlation (Pearson correlation of -.442) between the
frequencies of weekly vegetable intake with the daily intake
of high fat consumption was observed.
Conclusion:
The major drivers of obesity include
environmental, behavioral and physiological factors. Thus
weight loss intervention programs are complex to implement
particularly when they need to be directed at context-
specific and social determinants in an under-resourced
setting like South Africa where diseases like HIV and TB are
being treated simultaneously.
e:
mahomedromona@gmail.comDietary patterns and perceptions among South African adults – A cross-sectional study you are what
you eat: Fact or fiction
Romona Devi Govender
University of United Arab Emirates, UAE
J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-003