Background The elderly are faced with health problems such as cardiovascular diseases,
type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems, which …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of obesity in Ghanaian adults. Design: 6300 adults,
aged 25 years and older, were selected by random cluster sampling using electoral …

Background The causes and health risks associated with obesity in young people have
been extensively documented, but elderly obesity is less well understood, especially in sub …

Background Certain professions are associated with low physical activity. Workers in such
professions spend the most part of their adult working lives less engaged in physical activity …

Background No studies have been carried out so far to cover the association between
factors related to obesity, in a representative sample of the Iranian elderly population …

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of obesity and related sex-specific factors in a
population of African descent. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting and …

Background Studies on changes in the prevalence and determinants of obesity in older
adults living in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. We examined recent changes in obesity …

Background Obesity is a crucial public health problem and is rising globally. This study was
conducted to determine the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors among the …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution of obesity and its association with pre-adult
wealth and adult socio-economic factors in urban Ghanaian civil servants. STUDY DESIGN …

Background. Evidence shows that overweight or obesity has become a major public health
problem in both developed and developing countries. However, there are limited studies …