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The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2019) The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bmc Public Health. p. 9.

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Abstract

Background: The overweight and obesity among military personnel, as an occupational group, beside the health issues, might affect their military performance. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the pool prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel. Methods: The national databases including Science Information Database, MagIran, and the following international databases; Web of Science, Medline via PubMed, and Scopus were searched, up to December 2017, for relevant published studies without time limitation. Results: Totally, 1431 studies were reterived and 10 studies included in meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of overweight and obesity were 41 (95 CI: 26, 57) and 13 (95 CI: 10, 17), respectively. In the subgroup analyses, a lower and higher prevalence of overweight was reported in the ground (12) and Navy (69) forces military, recpectively. For the obesity, the air forces had the lowest prevalence (11) and the ground and Navy forces military had highest prevalence (15). The prevalence of overweight and obesity were slightly higher in studies conducted after 2014. Conclusion: Our findings suggest a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in the military personnel as a high-risk occupational group. Owing to the high observed heterogeneity among the included studies, large representative studies are needed to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the military personnel.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Prevalence Overweight Obesity Systematic review Meta-analysis Military personnel body-mass index metabolic syndrome physical-activity association trends workers stress weight disorders mortality Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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Page Range: p. 9
Journal or Publication Title: Bmc Public Health
Journal Index: ISI
Volume: 19
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6484-z
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/2706

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