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Background. The excessive use of health care services by obese people constitutes a serious financial burden to all highly developed countries. As yet however, this has not been recognised to be a problem in Poland. Objective. To provide a preliminary analysis of Warsaw inhabitants in their use of and quality of received health care by comparing obese subjects with those of normal weight. Materials...
Background. Obesity is well known cause of various diseases. However, there are only a few studies which enable to compare directly the magnitude of risk in different groups of chronic diseases. Objectives. The aim of presented paper was to identify a magnitude of the risk of chronic diseases attributable to overweight and obesity on the basis of data on weight and height self-reported by respondents...
The aim of this study was to compare the diet of older women examined in 1992 and in 2002. Comparing to 1992, in 2002, a statistically significant increase in calcium, potassium, folates, vitamin C and E content and a significant decrease in sodium content were observed. Despite these positive changes, in both studies the energy of diets and the contents of minerals (besides phosphorus and sodium),...
The purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy of a low glycemic index diet on body weight loss in 30 overweight/obese children aged 7-12 years. Introduction of a low glycemic index diet as well as dietary counseling aimed at correcting the nutritional habits of the overweight/obese children brought about statistically significant body weight reduction (from 55.2±16.5 to 52.8±16.7; p=0.0001)...
Spośród 298 osób w wieku 75-80 lat u 84% występowały choroby przewlekłe, zaś 32% oceniało swój stan zdrowia jako zły lub bardzo zły. Kobiety częściej niż mężczyźni chorowały na choroby układu krążenia, miały gorsze parametry gospodarki lipidowej i częściej występowała u nich otyłość (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ).
Częstość czynników ryzyka chorób narządu krążenia badano w grupie 2543 warszawskich dzieci w wieku 4—14 lat. Hipercholesterolemię 4.6 mmol/1 (180 mg/dl) lub więcej stwierdzono u 20.9% z nich, a hipercholesterolemię 5.2 mmol/1 (200 mg/dl) lub więcej wykryto u 7.5%. Podwyższone ciśnienie tętnicze było obecne u 4.9% a otyłość u 6.7% dzieci. Jeden lub więcej indywidualny lub rodzinny czynnik ryzyka wykryto...
Najistotniejszym celem badań prowadzonych w latach 1982—1985 było scharakteryzowanie aktualnego żywienia się uczniów i stwierdzenie ewentualnych zmian w stanie ich zdrowia i odżywienia. Badane próbki obejmowały wylosowaną młodzież w wieku 11—15 lat, z wszystkich dzielnic Warszawy. Zgłaszalność wahała się w zależności od roku badań w granicach od 85% do 89%. Badania zawsze wykonywano wiosną. Szczegóły...
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