Dıetary Habıts Of Overweıght and Obese Women and Attıtudes For The Weıght Loss

Abstract

This study was carried out on 338 overweight and 141 obese adult women. Age, education, parity, food habits and attitudes for weight loss o f the subjects were determined and compared. Age and multiparity were higher in obese women. The number of married women and housewives were also found higher among obese ones, but their educational status was lower compared with overweights. Frying was mostly used cooking method among the obese subjects. Reasons of the obese and overweight subjects mentioned for being on a diet were health and esthetic respectively. Methods chosen by the subjects to loss weight were increasing physical activity and dieting. The former was higher for the overweights while the later was mostly practised by the obese ones.