%0 Journal Article
%T Obesity Prevalence in Yesonbulag, Govi-Altai, Mongolia
%A Oyuntsetseg Demed
%A Oyunchimeg Nyamsambuu
%A Zandarmaa Huvtsagaan
%A Boldtsetseg Jagdag
%A Baasanjargal Namsrai
%A Mandalsaikhan Chimed
%A Sarantuya Jadamba
%A Munkhjargal Ochirpurev
%J Open Journal of Applied Sciences
%P 1387-1402
%@ 2165-3925
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojapps.2023.138110
%X <strong>Background</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>:</strong></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> More than half (54.4 percent) of adults, one in
every six children under five years old (16.7 percent), and one in every eight
adolescents (12.5 percent) are overweight or obese in Mongolia. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods</span></b></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The study was conducted during 2015-2018 including
500 children from kindergarten ¡í5, 350 school children aged 6</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">18 years
old, 320 civil servants aged 22</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">60, 250
people in private sectors in Yesonbulag, Govi-Altai province, Mongolia.
Community based Cross sectional study was undertaken. Questionnaire was used to
interview the study participants and anthropometry measurements were performed.
Body mass index was calculated by Kettle index (BMI = weight (kg)/height (m</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">))
and SPSS-17 was utilized for statistical analysis of the data.</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Fasting
blood was tested for parameters including glucose, high density lipoprotein,
triglycerides, cholesterol in the blood test of 170 people using analyzer
(SPOTCHEM</span><sup><span
%K Children
%K Adults
%K Obesity
%K Overweight
%K Factors
%K Physical Activity
%K Test
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=127343