Keshab Bhuyan

Variables Associated with Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Obesity, prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases are associated with different socioeconomic variables. It is true for both children, adolescents and adults. In case of children and adolescents the obesity and diabetes are dependent on parents socioeconomic status also. The responsible variables are age, gender, marital status, residence, food habit, unwillingness of physical activities, body mass index, involved in sedentary entertainment, etc. These variables are in some cases, strongly associated with obesity and obesity is associated with prevalence of diabetes. Some variables create more risk for non-communicable diseases. The responsible variables were identified by logistic regression analysis and by factor analysis. Discriminant analysis was done to discriminate the obese and normal subjects. It was also done to discriminate diabetic and non-diabetic adults during discrimination the most responsible variables were also identified. For children and adolescents the most responsible variables were obesity, parents' occupation, fathers' income and involved in sedentary entertainment. For adults the most responsible variables were age, income and BMI.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 137g
• ISBN-13: 9786200274007
• ISBN-10: 6200274002
• Artikelnr.: 57676803

Autorenporträt

Professor K.C. Bhuiyan was born in 1957 and completed his Ph.D. degree in 1982. He was teaching in Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. He was also teaching in Garyounis University, Libya.