%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of the Relationship Between Obesity and Impulsivity in Women
%A Merthan TUNAY
%J -
%D 2018
%X Aim: Today, one in every five people in our country is obese. In women, obesity and overweight are more common than men. It¡¯s an important concept that needs to be investigated to find out the reasons why some people can not adopt a healthy lifestyle and can not say ¡®¡¯no¡¯¡¯ to food which can be reached easily and is promoted with provocative advertisements, or the reasons for rapid recovery of weight lost after treatment, and also to determine the relationship between all of them and impulsiveness. We aimed to determine the level of impulsivity in normal, overweight, obese women in this study. Material and Methods: The study is cross-sectional and the data are collected on a voluntary basis. The study was conducted with 200 female participants. Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (Bis-11) scale and demographic information form was applied to the sampled women. Normal, overweight and obese groups was determined impulsivity and compared Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the demographic data of the participants (p>0.05). A statistically significant difference was found in the total score of Bis-11 in normal, overweight and obesegroup(62.20¡À4.29, 61.44¡À4.64, 64.65¡À6.37) (p<0.05). There was statistically significant difference between groups in non-planning subscale scores(23.88¡À2.39, 23.70¡À2.15, 25.07¡À3.12)(p<0.05). Conclusion: In our study, impulsivity scores were found higher in the obese group compatible with the studies in the literature. Measuring the levels of impulsivity of individuals may be useful in obesity, which is one of the most important problems in reducing the non-communicable disease burden, and rapidly increasing in the current consumption world
%K BD£¿-11
%K D¨¹rt¨¹sellik
%K Obezite
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/tudod/issue/39034/456553