The Current Situation and its Related Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity in Rural and Urban Residents

Objective To know the current status and its main influential factors of overweight and obesity among residents in Gushan county, Fuzhou city. Method The population aged above 20 years old was sampled by multistage sampling. Back- ground information was collected by face-to-face interview. Data on weight and height was obtained through physical check-ups. Results There were 2 412 objects were interviewed and physically measured. The overall prevalence was 26.0% for overweight and 7.1% for obesity. The prevalence of overweight and obesity of men (30.1% and 7.5% respectively) was significantly higher than those of women (22.2% and 6.8%, P0.05 for overweight). The prevalent rates of overweight and obesity in different age groups showed significant differences and the rates increased with ages. Middle-aged and elderly people were the key target population of overweight and obesity prevention and control. The results of Logistic regression analysis showed that major influential factors for overweight were sex, age and marital status (the ORs and its 95%CI were 0.643 (0.533~0.775), 1.027 (1.021~ 1.033), 2.316 (1.674~3.205), and for obesity were age 1.014 (1.002~1.027) and occupation (it was treated with dummy vari- able). Conclusion Obesity and overweight caused by many factors. The prevention and control measures for the overweight and obesity should be taken to control the increase of the prevalent rates.