Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
- Volume 3 Issue 2
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- Pages.186-192
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- 1998
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- 2287-1098(pISSN)
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- 2287-8602(eISSN)
The Prevalence of Obsersity and Nutritional Status in Adult Women Who Exercise Regularly
- Hwang, Hye-Sun (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University) ;
- Park, In-Seon (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University) ;
- Oh, Seung-Ho (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University)
- Published : 1998.06.01
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship among prevalence of obesity, nutritional status and factors related to obesity of women who exercise regularly. The subjects of this study were 100 women who have been exercising regularly for more than 6 months. They were mostly housewives ages 24 to 63 years and had graduated middle or high school. Their average income was form 700 to 1,500 thousand won per month and most of them had 2 r 3 children. They sleep usually 6~8 hours a day. Most of physical indices of obesity were increased progressively with age. Among them , weight (61.5