Background: 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. Methods: The study was conducted during 2015-2018 including
500 children from kindergarten №5, 350 school children aged 6-18 years
old, 320 civil servants aged 22-60, 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 (m2))
and SPSS-17 was utilized for statistical analysis of the data.Fasting
blood was tested for parameters including glucose, high density lipoprotein,
triglycerides, cholesterol in the blood test of 170 people using analyzer
(SPOTCHEM
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