Reasons and features of occurrence of excess body weight at students taking into account gender differences

Authors

  • Оlga Iushkovska Odessa national medical university, Odessa, Ukraine,

Keywords:

obesity, students, gender differences, lifestyle

Abstract

Purpose: the definition of reasons and features of occurrence of excess body weight at students taking into account the gender differences, which are connected with irrational lifestyle, violation of food behavior, insufficient physical activity.

Material & Methods: students of 1–4 courses of Odessa national medical university, 26 girls and 22 boys, with the excess body weight and obesity aged from 18 to 24 years for the research were selected.

Results: reliable differences in adipopexis type, percent of visceral and subcutaneous fat, and also indexes “waist-hip” at the respondents, connected with the article, are found.

Conclusions: modification of lifestyle, wrong food behavior, selection of physical activity, has to be carried out taking into account the type of adipopexis and sex of students. 

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2017-02-28

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