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Item Prevalence and associated factors related to overweight and obesity among adults in DH. Kudahuvadhoo(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2016-11-01) Mohamed, ThaveelaOverweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Even though overweight and obesity is escalating problem around the world and in the Maldives, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults are increasing as well. 65% of the world's populations live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. The main purpose of this study is to determine prevalence and associated factors related with overweight and obesity among adults in Dh. Kudahuvadhoo. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted, using a stratified random sampling of 45 males and 45 females of aged 25 to 55 years were selected. Data was collected on socio-economic factors of the 90 participants, their physical activity and dietary intake patterns, as well as anthropometric measurements. Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and the data were then analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 software. The study revealed that, more than one third of populations were overweight and obese and there was high chance of being overweight and obese with socio-demographic and socio-economic status, physical activity as well as sedentary life style of the participants. The results of the present study can contribute to the literature and have significant implications for practitioners.Item Relationship between obesity and type of occupation among the civilservants of Male’ Maldives(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2016-11-13) Hamzath, MohamedBackground: According to WHO, more than 1 in 3 adults globally were overweight and more than 1 in 10 were obese in 2014. Obesity and overweight are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among many other diseases. Obesity and overweight has been noted as two of the most prevalent risk factors for NCDs in the Maldives. It has been established that sedentary lifestyles affects weight and waist circumference of people. Hence, the purpose of this study was to find the relationship between obesity and type of occupation among civil servants of Male’ Maldives. Method: This was a descriptive cross sectional study among two hundred and seventeen administrative officers, one hundred and one teachers and fifty one nurses from the civil servants of Male’. The dietary and physically active habitat at work and home were measured with the help of a self-administered questionnaire. Obesity (based on body mass index) and fat deposits (based on waist circumference (WC)) were defined using WHO criteria. Result: The results show that there was no significant relationship between obesity and occupations and neither with most of the explanatory variables selected for this study. Only 9 participants have more than 80 cm of waist circumference. And 5 participants have more than 30 units of BMI among the 92 participants. This study however, highlighted risk factors such as high carb diet, smoking, disease conditions and lack of exercise that could lead to obesity among civil servants and a slightly significant association between obesity and physical activity. Implications: Due to the small sample size, this study could not identify a relationship between the type of occupation and obesity. But notable number of participants had a waist circumference between 76-80cm, hence it is recommended to raise awareness especially for people working in deskbound jobs. Findings from this study points to the importance of designing work environments to avoid physical inactivity. High risk working populations and larger samples covering more categories of civil service employment beyond the civil service needs to be targeted in further studies. Future research needs to target.