OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND DISEASES CAUSING OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG 25-60 YEARS WOMEN IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate socio-demographic factors and diseases causing
overweight and obesity among 25 to 60 years women. Study Design: Descriptive crosssectional
study. Duration & Setting: Comprised of five months (January 2016 to May 2016);
concerning household survey i.e. door to door sampling method was carried out in Lahore,
Pakistan. Material and Methods: Multistage sampling technique was used and 3239 women
aging 25 to 60 years; of which 1684 (52%) females were normal weight (excluded from the
research) and 1555 (48%) overweight/obese women i.e. 1106 (34%) were overweight and 449
(14%) women were obese (included in the analysis).Descriptive statistics and Bivariate logistic
regression was applied on the achieved data through IBM SPSS Statistics Version 21. Results:
Socio-demographic factors and diseases were found significantly associated with overweight
and obesity; includes age (p=0.001), marital status (p<0.000), level of education (p=0.000),
occupation (p=0.000), father/husband occupation (p=0.000) and monthly income (p=0.001);
whereas, diseases such as hypothyroidism (p=0.001), polycystic ovarian syndrome (p=0.000),
menstrual period (p=0.001) and depression/stress (p=0.000)as their p-values were less than
0.05 (significant). Conclusion: The research findings points out notable explanation of sociodemographic
factors and diseases causing overweight and obesity among 25 to 60 years
women with respect to which the study can definitely summarized to countless extent.