PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG KIRKUK UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL'S

Volume 20 No 7 (2022)

Dr. Mohammed Ali khalaf,Dr. Bilal Jamal Kamal, Dr. Assad Mubark

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.7.NQ33153

Abstract

Background: Overweight and obesity both can be defined as accumulation of excessive fat that can presents a risk to health. BMI used for the assessment of overweight and obesity, obese is considered when the BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more. BMI equal to or more than 25 kg/m2 is considered overweight. Worldwide, overweight and obesity both becoming a serious public health problem leading to serious consequences especially in the last years. There are more than 1 billion overweight adults globally, more than 300 million of whom are regarded as obese.

Keywords

prevalence, obesity, Kirkuk, university, personnel's

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