Body Mass Index and Self-Reported Compliance with General Health Care

Health Literacy and Its Relationship With Body Mass Index

Introduction: Obesity is currently one of the health problems in the world, and the recent report of the World Health Organization has highlighted Health Literacy (HL) as one of the most important determinants of health. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the HL level and its relationship with Body Mass Index (BMI) in students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences (GUMS). Materials...

Oportunidades Program Participation and Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Self-Reported Health in Mexican Adults

INTRODUCTION Governments around the world are seeking to address the increasing prevalence of obesity and hypertension. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of an incentive-based development program (Oportunidades, formerly Progresa) on body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, and self-reported health. METHODS An intervention group of low-income (below the 20th percentile nationally), rural...

[Validity of self-reported body mass index in the National Health Survey].

OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of self-reported body mass index in the National Health Survey. METHODS 120 participants were selected and questioned about their weight and height with exactly the same questions that the National Health Survey uses. Afterwards, and once informed consent was obtained, participants were weighed and measured, and this data was used as the gold standard. RESUL...

Mortality risk of obesity and underweight is overestimated with self-reported body mass index.

P18: The Perceived Stress and its Relationship with Body Mass Index, General Satisfaction, Negative Emotions, Relationship with Teacher among Students

Today, the relationship between health-related quality of life at school (general satisfaction, relationships with teachers, negative emotions), body mass index with stress is challenging issues in domain of health and psychology. This study aimed to determine the perceived stress and its relationship with body mass index, general satisfaction, relationship with teachers, negative emotions. Dur...