Prevalence of overweight and obesity in professional soldiers of the Czech Army over an 11-year period

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.vma.mod.gov.rs/eng/vojnosanitetski-pregled/archive/2016" target="_blank" >http://www.vma.mod.gov.rs/eng/vojnosanitetski-pregled/archive/2016</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/VSP141120112F" target="_blank" >10.2298/VSP141120112F</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in professional soldiers of the Czech Army over an 11-year period

Original language description

Our study describes the anthropometric and biochemical parameters of a large group of Czech Army professional soldiers. During the monitored period, from 1999 to 2009, military physicians carried out on the average 6,360 examinations on professional soldiers per year and monitored their health and nutritional status with the aim of preventing the risk factors of non-communicable diseases. These examinations are compulsory for all professional soldiers at the age of 25, 30, 33, and 36 years. From the age of 39, these examinations are carried out every year till the end of their career. Besides taking personal histories and carrying out standard physical examinations, blood was taken for biochemical examination. The following anthropometric parameters were monitored: body constitution using BMI and waist circumference. Average BMI values in men were in the overweight range (26.5-27 kg/m(2)). Average values of waist circumference, however, ranged from 91.9 cm to 93.4 cm. Between the first and the last year of monitoring a statistically significant decrease in these values ranging from 93.4 +/- 9.8 cm to 92.7 +/- 9.5 cm (p < 0.001) was observed. During the monitored period the proportion of overweight men gradually increased from 52% to 57.1% (p < 0.001). Average glycaemia levels were within normal range in both men and women. Concerning the lipid profile in men, a significant decrease in average values of total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol was observed. During the monitored period only one-third of military professionals had normal body weight. More favorable situation was in female professional soldiers, two-thirds of them had normal body weight during the monitored period. Although the number of overweight soldiers was overestimated as a result of the inclusion of individuals with increased body weight due to well-developed musculature, the number of overweight and obese soldiers is still high.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FB - Endocrinology, diabetology, metabolism, nutrition

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

ISSN

0042-8450

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

73

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

RS - THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

422-428

UT code for WoS article

000377819500002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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