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Prevalence of obesity among students at university of sarajevo

This research aimed to determine the epidemiological indicators of the prevalence of obesity in students at the University of Sarajevo. For this purpose, 2145 students were tested, of which men (n = 967 ; age = 23.47 ± 3.35) and women (n = 1178 ; age = 22.66 ± 2.39). Standardized anthropometric tests were used: body height, body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist to hip ratio. The results obtained indicate that the average body height of men is = 181.77 ± 7.41 ; body mass = 80.41 ± 12.24 ; BMI = 24.31 ± 3.26 ; waist circumference = 85.85 ± 14.06 ; hip circumference = 102.92 ± 11.06 ; waist to hip ratio = 0.83 ± 0.10. The same indicators for women are: body height = 166.74 ± 6.73 ; body mass = 62.31 ± 9.80 ; BMI = 22.41 ± 3.29 ; waist circumference = 73.41 ± 8.44 ; hip circumference = 97.67 ± 11.31 ; waist to hip ratio = 0.76 ± 0.13. According to standard categorization based on BMI recommended by WHO (The World Health Organization), overweight or obesity have 654 or 30.48% of students, of which 416 or 19.39% are men, and 238 or 11.09% are women. The results obtained confirm that the population of students at the University of Sarajevo has averaged overweight and obesity values recorded in previous studies at the European Union and developed country level.

Obesity, prevalence, body mass index, students, University of Sarajevo

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