Excessive body weight as a factor determining the quality of life of young adults
| Main Author: | Redziak, Kamil Grzegorz |
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, 2022
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- Redziak Kamil Grzegorz. Excessive body weight as a factor determining the quality of life of young adults. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(2):94-107. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.02.011 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2022.12.02.011 https://zenodo.org/record/5993103 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe:Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 26.01.2022. Revised: 26.01.2022. Accepted: 07.02.2022. Excessive body weight as a factor determining the quality of life of young adults Kamil Grzegorz Redziak ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8890-9160 e-mail: kamilredziak@o2.pl Collegium Medicum, Doctoral School of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Collegium Medicum, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Aleja IX Wieków Kielc 19A, 25 – 317 Kielce Summary Introduction Obesity has become a global epidemic in the last few decades. Despite the implementation of a number of remedial actions, it has still not been possible to reverse or even stop the trend of its growth. Obesity is a disease that reduces the quality of life. Of particular concern is the fact that it is increasingly found in young people. Aim of the study The aim of the study was to compare the quality of life of young adults in the group of obese people and in the group of people with normal body weight. Material and methods The study was conducted among 105 secondary school students from rural areas. The method of diagnostic survey was used with the use of a proprietary questionnaire containing questions about socio-demographic data and a short version of the questionnaire assessing the quality of life - The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL). Results More than half of the people (60%) in the study group had a body weight within the normal range, overweight was found in 11.43% of the respondents, obesity in 20%, and underweight in 8.57% of the respondents. In all areas included in the WHOQoL questionnaire, significant differences were found in the study group between the obese group and the group of people with normal body weight, as well as those with underweight and overweight. Conclusions Body weight significantly differentiates the quality of life of the examined students. Mean scores in all domains, i.e. physical, psychological, social, and environmental, differed significantly depending on the BMI level. Key words: quality of life; overweight; obesity; WHOQoL.