Survey on the Health Status and Related KAP among 494 Overweight and Obesity Adults in Dongcheng District,Beijing City

Objective To know about the status of prevalence rate,behaviors,diet and the knowledge,attitude,practice(KAP)related overweight and obesity among overweight and obesity adults in Dongcheng district,Beijing city. Methods 494 overweight and obesity adults in Dongcheng district,Beijing city were selected by two-stage random sampling.The survey was done by a retospective questionnaire,while the height,weight,waist circumference and buttocks circumference of the respondents were measured.( Results 494 overweight) and obesity adults consisted of 148 males(30%)and 346 females(70%),of which 38% were overweight,62% obesity.418 respondents were suffered from chronic non-infectious diseases overweight and obesity,related to with 84.6% prevalence rate.The first place in the disease list was hypertension,with 63.6% prevalence rate.77.5% of the respondents took no measures to control overweight and obesity.For 59.5% of them vegetable intakes were less than 250 grams per capita per day.55.7% had not developed the good habit to insist on eating fruit everyday.The KAP rates of obesity liable to hypertension,high blood fat and diabetes were higher,more than 70%.But the KAP rate of oil intake amount and the time length of exercises everyday were lower,no more than 50%. Conclusion Overweight and obesity are related to diet,exercises and the other factors.The rates of suffering from chronic non-infectious disease among overweight and obesity population were higher than those among the normal.