A study on the relationship between body mass index and KAP of weight control / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the self-assessment of health status,health effects,active awareness of weight control and behavior of urban occupational populations with different body mass index (BMI ).Methods With random cluster sampling survey in two monitoring areas,1 175 cases aged 18 to 45 were selected,consisted of public servants, enterprise administrators and institution personnel groups.Results In the urban occupational populations in Hangzhou City,the overweight rate was 21.70%,and the obesity rate was 6.04%.The awareness rate of underweight,normal weight,overweight and obesity crowd for health effects to the body was 98.95%,98.81%,96.08% and 95.77%respectively;and for mental health effects was 90.53%,92.44%,83.92% and 81.69% respectively;and for weight control confidence was 82.11%,79.18%,72.94%and 50.70%respectively.The awareness rate decreased with increased body weigh with significant difference (P<0.05 ).There was no significance differences in weight control behaviors and accumulation of weight control behaviors (P >0.05 ).Conclusion There was significantly difference in people with different BMI about the awareness of overweight obesity impact on personal health and weight control activity,but there was no difference in that of weight control behaviors.