Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran
Background and Objectives: Obesity is known as a public health issue. In addition to common problems,it also affects the mental health. The environmental factors are very effective on mental health among which nutritionand BMI have a critical role. This study wasconducted to investigate the relation...
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| author | Ali Fakhari Nazila Farri Saeed Dastgiri Soltanali Mahboob Alireza Ostad Rahimi |
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| description | Background and Objectives: Obesity is known as a public health issue. In addition to common problems,it also affects the mental health. The environmental factors are very effective on mental health among which nutritionand BMI have a critical role. This study wasconducted to investigate the relationship between BMI and mental health in Tabriz AssadabadiHealth Center.
Methods:This cross-sectional and analytic study was performed outon 500 people referring to assadabadi health center in Tabriz AssadabadiHealth Center. Using a questionnaire, individual, population and community information wasobtained from each case including sex, age, weight, height, family size, income, education, and occupation. A 28-itemGeneral Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was used for evaluation of mental health. Data were analyzed using Mann–whitney test.
Results:This study was performed on 127 men and 373 women, with mean age of 37.92 and 32.85 years, respectively. The BMI of 36.5% of the cases was in normal range, 33.5% of cases were overweight, and 22.9% were obese. Regarding mental health indexes, 51.8% of the subjects were healthy and 48.2% were unhealthy according to GHQ-28. There was a significant statistical relationship between BMI and mental health condition (p= 0.015).
Conclusion: The results of this study underlined that body weight could be related to mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9938c3831633454db5e7098415df363d2022-12-21T20:02:36ZfasQom University of Medical SciencesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum1735-77992008-13752015-01-01864652Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, IranAli Fakhari0Nazila Farri1Saeed Dastgiri2Soltanali Mahboob3Alireza Ostad Rahimi4 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Background and Objectives: Obesity is known as a public health issue. In addition to common problems,it also affects the mental health. The environmental factors are very effective on mental health among which nutritionand BMI have a critical role. This study wasconducted to investigate the relationship between BMI and mental health in Tabriz AssadabadiHealth Center. Methods:This cross-sectional and analytic study was performed outon 500 people referring to assadabadi health center in Tabriz AssadabadiHealth Center. Using a questionnaire, individual, population and community information wasobtained from each case including sex, age, weight, height, family size, income, education, and occupation. A 28-itemGeneral Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was used for evaluation of mental health. Data were analyzed using Mann–whitney test. Results:This study was performed on 127 men and 373 women, with mean age of 37.92 and 32.85 years, respectively. The BMI of 36.5% of the cases was in normal range, 33.5% of cases were overweight, and 22.9% were obese. Regarding mental health indexes, 51.8% of the subjects were healthy and 48.2% were unhealthy according to GHQ-28. There was a significant statistical relationship between BMI and mental health condition (p= 0.015). Conclusion: The results of this study underlined that body weight could be related to mental health.http://journal.muq.ac.ir/article-1-392-en.htmlbody mass indexmental healthhealth |
| spellingShingle | Ali Fakhari Nazila Farri Saeed Dastgiri Soltanali Mahboob Alireza Ostad Rahimi Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum body mass index mental health health |
| title | Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran |
| title_full | Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran |
| title_short | Body Mass Index and Mental Health in People Referring to Assadabadi Health Center in Tabriz, Iran |
| title_sort | body mass index and mental health in people referring to assadabadi health center in tabriz iran |
| topic | body mass index mental health health |
| url | http://journal.muq.ac.ir/article-1-392-en.html |
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