The purpose of the work was to study the predisposition of women of reproductive age to overweight and obesity, as well as the reasons that contribute to the formation of these conditions. Materials and methods. With the help of the Women's Health Questionnaire, a survey was conducted among women in Baku. The questionnaire included a block of questions reflecting the state of women's predisposition to overweight and obesity and contributing to their causes, as well as women's needs for relevant information. 4,000 questionnaires were distributed, 2,838 questionnaires were collected (71.0%), of which 1,748 questionnaires contained answers to all questions (61.6%), the analysis of which was carried out in this study. The age of women ranged from 16 to 47 years, all respondents were of Azerbaijani nationality. Results and discussion. Overweight was found in 15.6 ± 0.9% of women, various degrees of obesity – in 25.5 ± 1.0% (P<0.001). Women in the questionnaires noted 13 main reasons for the formation of overweight and obesity, for 1 woman with normal body weight there were an average of 2.06 ± 0.21 reasons, for overweight women – 4.19 ± 0.23 reasons (P<0.001), for obese women – 5.42 ± 0.22 reasons (P<0.001). The first group of women expressed the need for an average of 2.51 ± 0.28 forms of information on the control and correction of overweight and obesity, the second group – 5.43 ± 0.35 forms, respectively (P<0.001), the third group – 8.01 ± 0.32 forms. It was also found that the possible reasons of formation of overweight and obesity are common to all groups of women surveyed, however, there are differences in their frequencies: a number of indicators of frequency of causes of overweight women significantly exceed a similar number of indicators of women with normal weight, and a number of indicators of women with obesity – a number of indicators of overweight women, respectively. Low physical activity is recognized as the main cause of weight gain. It is no coincidence that the surveyed women were primarily interested in information about the body's daily need for physical activity. Taking into account the modern rhythm of life of urban women (work, household, raising children), which creates difficulties in special physical activities, they were very interested in information about the possibility of covering the body's daily needs by moderate walking. Conclusion. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among women can be limited through available outreach work on an ongoing basis and appropriate information support. For this purpose, it is necessary to activate the assistance bodies for the control and correction of overweight and obesity among women
Keywords: women, overweight, obesity, information, correction
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