Preliminary results of assessment on overweight and obesity status among military officials in airforces 2002
- Author:
Le Khac Duc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
overweight, obesity
- MeSH:
Overweight;
Obesity;
Diseases
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;288(9):17-24
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Among military officials aged > 30 years in air force and air defence army, the rate of overweight and obesity are high relatively according to IDI and WPRO 2000 classification with a general overweight of 35.2%, of them pre-obesity 24.2%, 1st grade obesity 11%, 2nd grade 0.1%. According to WHO 1998, classification 11%, pre-obesity 10.9%, 1st grade obesity 0.21% and 2nd grade none; especially in fly-troop, the rate is very high 67.5% (according to IDI and WPRO 2000) and 20% (according to WHO 1998). Energy intake is 4645-5162 Kcalo/capita daily and P:L:G ratio is 16:22:62
