Mean Body Mass Index For Men Research Articles

Anthropometric indexes and cardiovascular risk in Ecuadorian university students: A comparison with international references

Some anthropometric measures help evaluate the cardiovascular (CV) risk and body fat areas considered more critical for CV risk than excess weight. This research aims to obtain anthropometric measurements from university students to establish risk predictors of cardio-metabolic alterations or cardiovascular disease (CVD). A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. Variables studied were height (m), weight (kg), body mass index (BMI), abdominal perimeter, waist-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). One thousand two hundred fifty young adults participated; 62.4% were women, 31.04% were overweight, and 14.32% were obese. Mean values of all the evaluated parameters were lower in women than in men [height (1.58m vs. 1.70m), weight (61.46 kg vs. 76.38 kg), BMI (24.66 Kg/m2 vs. 26.32 Kg/m2), abdominal perimeter (78.49 cm vs. 88.81 cm), WHR (0.79 vs. 0.87), and WHtR (0.50 and 0.52)]. The mean BMI in men was overweight but normal in women. There were no significant differences between both genders concerning abdominal perimeter and WHR. Finally, mean WHtR was high in both women and men, establishing a prediction of CVD risk for both genders. Keywords: Body Mass Index, Waist-Hip Ratio, Waist-Height Ratio, Medical Students, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

The association of the age, period, and birth cohort with 15-year changes in body mass index and waist circumference in adults: Tehran lipid and glucose study (TLGS)

ObjectiveTo examine the association of age, period, and birth cohort with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) changes among the participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study from 1999 to 2015.MethodsThis prospective cohort study included 4895 participants aged ≥20 years (41.3% men), who were divided into twelve gender stratified groups, having a ten-year age difference between them. Analyses were conducted to explicitly assess the association of age vs. period on BMI and WC changes. In addition, we evaluated BMI and WC changes among different birth cohorts.ResultsUpon 15 years of follow-up, the mean BMI of men and women increased from 26.0 ± 3.9 to 27.5 ± 4.3 kg/m2 and from 27.5 ± 4.8 to 29.9 ± 5.4 kg/m2 (P trend < 0.001), and this trend was accompanied by an increase in WC from 88.8 ± 10.9 to 97.8 ± 10.4 cm and from 87.3 ± 12.4 to 95.8 ± 12.1 cm, respectively (P trend < 0.001). Men and women in all age cohorts tended to have a rise in their BMI and WC with aging throughout the follow-up period. For men, this trend was more prominent in younger birth cohorts at phase III for BMI and at phases III and V for WC (indicating a significant negative association with birth cohort). For women, this trend was more prominent in older birth cohorts at both phases III and V for BMI and WC (indicating a significant positive association with the birth cohort).ConclusionThe rise in BMI and WC was strongly associated with age in both sexes. The men born in the recent birth cohorts and the women born in earlier birth cohorts had the most alarming BMI and WC trends. More efforts must be spent on obesity prevention policies, especially for younger men.

CORRELATION BETWEEN URIC ACID LEVEL WITH BODY MASS INDEX AND HEMATOLOGY PARAMETERS AMONG HYPERURICEMIA PATIENTS

Hyperuricemia has became the public health issue worldwide. Hematology parameters abnormality is considered to be one of the factors relating the disease such as hyperuricemia. Current study suggest that body mass index (BMI) related to uric acid (UA) levels. The aim of the study was to examine the association between uric acid levels and hematological parameters and BMI among hyperuricemia patients. This was cross sectional study with 50 hyperuricemia patients in Hortus Medicus clinic. Results demonstrate that of the participants, 54% were women but the mean of UA levels was higher in the men (8,41 + 0,80 mg/dL) than in women (7,38 + 0,97 mg/dL). In BMI classified, the mean BMI for men was normoweight, and the women was overweight. The mean of hematology parameters in both of sex were normal range. No significant association were testified between uric acid levels and hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocyte, trombocyt, leukocyte and BMI. This study indicate that uric acid has no apparent association with hematology parameters and BMI

Yetişkin hematolojik kanserli hastaların malnütrisyon düzeylerinin farklı tarama araçları ile değerlendirilmesi

Bu araştırmada yetişkin hematolojik kanserli hastaların malnütrisyon düzeylerinin farklı tarama araçları kullanılarak tespit edilmesi ve tarama araçlarından elde edilen malnütrisyon sonuçlarının birbiriyle kıyaslanması amaçlanmıştır.&#x0D; Yöntem: Araştırma, Nisan-Eylül 2018 tarihleri arasında Ankara ilinde bulunan özel bir hastanenin hematoloji servisine başvuran kişilerle gönüllülük esasına dayanılarak yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya 18-65 yaş arasındaki hematolojik kanser hastası olan %45,7’si kadın, %54,3’ü erkek olmak üzere toplam 116 birey katılmıştır. Kadınların yaş ortalaması 48.62±14.83 yıl, erkeklerin yaş ortalaması 48.19±16.82 yıldır. Kadınların beden kütle indeksi (BKİ) ortalaması 24.37±5.83 kg/m2, erkeklerin BKİ ortalaması 23,54±4,63 kg/m2’dir. Araştırmada uygulanan anketler yüz yüze görüşme yöntemiyle uygulanmış, antropometrik ölçümleri (boy uzunluğu, vücut ağırlığı, üst orta kol çevresi, baldır çevresi) yapılmıştır.&#x0D; Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan hastalarda en sık görülen semptomlar yorgunluk, iştahsızlık, ağrı ve bulantı olarak belirlenmiştir. Üç farklı tarama testinin sonuçlarına göre hematolojik kanserli hastaların; Mini Nütrisyonel Değerlendirme’ye (MND) göre %55.7, Nütrisyon Risk Taraması–2002’ye (NRT–2002) göre %56.9, Malnütrisyon Genel Tarama Testi’ne (MGTT) göre %50.4 oranında malnütrisyon ve/veya malnütrisyon riski taşıdıkları belirlenmiştir.&#x0D; Sonuçlar: Tarama testlerinden elde edilen sonuçlara göre; MND ile NRT – 2002’den elde edilen malnütrisyon sıklığı birbirine yakın iken, MGTT’den elde edilen malnütrisyon sıklığı, diğer iki tarama testinden daha az bulunmuştur.

Identifying the limits to socioeconomic influences on human growth

Contemporary humans occupy the widest range of socioeconomic environments in their evolutionary history, and this has revealed unprecedented environmentally-induced plasticity in physical growth. This plasticity also has limits, and identifying those limits can help researchers: (1) parse when population differences arise from environmental inputs or not and (2) determine when it is possible to infer socioeconomic disparities from disparities in body form. To illustrate potential limits to environmental plasticity, we analyze body mass index (BMI) and height data from 1,768,962 women and 207,341 men (20–49 y) living in households exhibiting 1000-fold variation in household wealth (51 countries, 1985–2017, 164 surveys) across four world regions—sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and North Africa and the Middle East. We find that relationships of environmental inputs with both mean height and BMI bottom out at roughly 100–700 USD per capita household wealth (2011 international units, PPP), but at different basal BMIs and basal heights for different regions. The relationship with resources tops out for BMI at around 20 K–35 K USD for women, with growth potential due to environmental inputs in the range of 6.2–8.4 kg/m2. By contrast, mean BMI for men and mean height for both sexes remains sensitive to environmental inputs even at levels far above the low- and middle-income samples studied here. This suggest that further work integrating comparable data from low- and high-income samples should provide a better picture of the full range of environmental inputs on human height and BMI. We conclude by discussing how neglecting such population-specific limits to human growth can lead to erroneous inferences about population differences.

Overweight, Obesity, And Related Diseases Among Workers With Different Workload

Summary A person's weight depends on major factors like genetics, diet, and physical activity. Physical activity in adults is defined mainly by workload – light, moderate or heavy. The aim was to explore associations between weight and chronic non-infectious diseases in workers with different physical activity. The subjects included in the study were 224 male and 249 female employees, divided by workload based on their job description. Body mass index (BMI) and disease incidence were calculated, and statistical analysis was performed. The highest percentage of overweight and obese subjects was found in men with light workload. The mean BMI for men (27.434.85) was significantly higher than that for women (25.875.06). Analysis of obesity-associated diseases showed that in workers with higher BMI there was a higher incidence of endocrine disorders, musculoskeletal and related neurological diseases. Diseases of the circulatory system were highly prevalent in both overweight/obese and underweight employees. In conclusion, physical activity at work contributes to changes in BMI in the working population. Obesity-associated circulatory, endocrine and musculoskeletal diseases were highly prevalent in the groups with higher BMI. The prevalence in employees without diseases was in inverse relation to BMI.

Abstract P087: Body Mass Index and Change in Obesity Status over 25 Years: The Relationship within Spouse Pairs in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Introduction: Environmental causes have been a focus of efforts to address the US obesity epidemic. Spouses share a similar environment and should therefore experience similar changes in body mass index (BMI) and obesity status over time. Existing longitudinal studies of spouses have not examined whether associations of BMI change within pairs are similar by gender. Methods: We analyzed spouse pairs from the community-based ARIC cohort, recruited from 1986 to 1989 at ages 45-64. We used linear mixed models to assess the association of changes in spousal BMI with changes in individual BMI assessed at 5 clinic visits during 25 years of follow-up. We used survival models accounting for interval censoring to evaluate the association between one spouse becoming obese (BMI&gt;30 kg/m2) and the other becoming obese. Analyses controlled for time-varying demographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors, pre-existing illness, and spousal CVD risk factors and illness. We assessed similarity of the results by gender. Results: We included 4,003 spouse pairs with information on BMI at more than one visit. Mean BMI in men at baseline was 27.5 kg/m2, increasing to 28.6 in 2011-13. For women, baseline BMI was 27.1 kg/m2, increasing to 28.1 in 2011-13. Baseline BMI correlation within spouses was 0.18 (p &lt;0.001). Among women, mean annual BMI change increased by 0.17 kg/m2 per unit increase in spousal annual BMI change (95% CI: 0.14 - 0.19); this association was lower in men: 0.11 kg/m2 (0.09 - 0.13) (Figure). Non-obese women whose husbands became obese were more likely to become obese themselves compared to women whose husbands stayed non-obese (HR 1.52, 1.09- 2.11). Results for men were similar (HR 1.59, 1.14-2.21). Conclusions: Our results suggest that changes in BMI and obesity status in spouse pairs are related, with change in men’s BMI having a somewhat stronger influence on their wives’ BMI. This finding was robust to adjustment for individual and spousal characteristics and suggests weight control strategies might benefit from addressing both spouses.

Targeted Case Finding for OSA within the Primary Care Setting

The aim was to determine the feasibility of using an unattended 2-channel device to screen for obstructive sleep apnea in a population of high-risk patients using a targeted, case-finding strategy. The case finding was based on the presence of risk factors not symptoms in the studied population. The study took place from June 2007 to May 2008 in rural and metropolitan Queensland and New South Wales. Family doctors were asked to identify patients with any of the following: BMI > 30, type 2 diabetes, treated hypertension, ischemic heart disease. Participants applied the ApneaLink+O2 at home for a single night. The device recorded nasal flow and pulse oximetry. Data were analyzed by proprietary software, then checked and reported by either of two sleep physicians. 1,157 patients were recruited; mean age 53 ± 14.6, M/F% = 62/38, mean BMI = 31.8, obesity = 35%, diabetes = 16%, hypertension = 39%, IHD = 5%, Mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale score (ESS) = 8.3. The prevalence of unrecognized OSA was very high: 71% had an AHI > 5/h, 33% had an AHI > 15/h, and 16% had an AHI > 30/h. The ApneaLink+O2 device yielded technically adequate studies in 93% of cases. The study shows that a "real world" simple low cost case finding and management program, based on unattended home monitoring for OSA, can work well in a population with risk factors and comorbidities associated with OSA, independent of the presence of symptoms. The prevalence of unrecognized OSA was very high.

Relationship between employment status and obesity in a Korean elderly population, based on the 2007–2009 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)

We investigated the relationship between employment status and obesity prevalence in an elderly Korean, using a nationally representative sample. This cross-sectional study included 2991 participants (1396 men and 1595 women) aged 60 years or older. Employment status was categorized into full-time employees, part-time employees, and an unemployed group, based on a self-reported questionnaire. According to Asia Pacific regional guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI)≥25kg/m2. Mean BMI in women was highest in the unemployed group, whereas the mean BMI in men did not differ significantly between employment groups. The obesity prevalence in full-time employees, part-time employees, and the unemployed group were 25.1%, 25.5%, and 27.1% in men and 36.0%, 37.9%, and 40.4% in women, respectively. Compared to the full-time employees, the odds ratios (ORs) (95% confidence intervals) for obesity were 1.172 (0.765–1.795) and 1.164 (0.843–1.609) in the part-time employees, and 1.451 (1.054–1.999) and 1.399 (1.090–1.795) in the unemployed group, for men and women, respectively, after adjusting for age, lifestyle factors (physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking status, daily calorie intake), socioeconomic factors (education level and household income), and inflammatory factor (white blood cell (WBC) counts). Unemployment appears to be significantly related to a higher prevalence risk of obesity in an elderly Korean population, regardless of age, lifestyle, socioeconomic factors, and inflammatory factor.

Overweight men with nonobstructive azoospermia have worse pregnancy outcomes after microdissection testicular sperm extraction

To evaluate the effect of obesity on the outcome of testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and assisted reproductive technology. Clinical retrospective study. Center for reproductive medicine at a tertiary-care university hospital. Nine hundred seventy patients with nonobstructive azoospermia. Microdissection TESE followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Sperm retrieval rate and clinical pregnancy rate. Testicular sperm were successfully retrieved in 55% of men overall. Of those with sperm found, clinical pregnancy rate was 51% and live birth rate 40%. Sperm retrieval rates were similar in men with body mass index (BMI) <25 kg/m(2), 25-30 kg/m(2), and >30 kg/m(2) (59%, 57%, and 54%, respectively). Mean BMI of men who contributed to pregnancy (27.3 ± 4.9 kg/m(2)) was lower than for men whose sperm did not contribute to a pregnancy (28.2 ± 5.4 kg/m(2)). No man with BMI >43 kg/m(2) (n = 11) contributed to a successful pregnancy, even though sperm were found in men with BMI up to 57 kg/m(2). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, male BMI was the only predictor of successful pregnancy among the variables analyzed, including male age, female age, and female BMI. Overweight men have lower clinical pregnancy rate after microdissection TESE and ICSI compared with men with normal BMI. Men with BMI >43 kg/m(2) did not contribute to any pregnancies, despite successful sperm retrieval.

Long‐term trends in food availability, food prices, and obesity in samoa

To describe long-term food availability and prices from 1961 to 2007 and body mass index (BMI) trends from 1980 to 2010 in Samoa, and to contextualize these trends within political, economic, cultural, behavioral, and climatic influences. National level data on food availability and pricing were obtained from the open access database FAO (http://faostat.fao.org). Data for Samoa were collected from annual food balance sheets available for the period 1961-2007. Mean BMI for Samoan men and women aged 35-44 years of age is reported from four different time periods, 1979-1982, 1991, 2003, and 2010. Total energy availability increased substantially, by 47%, with more than 900 extra calories available per capita per day in 2007 than in 1961. Many of these extra calories are supplied by dietary fat, the availability of which rose by a proportionally greater amount, 73%. Availability of both meat and vegetable oils rose substantially. Poultry meat increased the most proportionally, from 10 to 117 kcal per capita per day. Coconut products, fruits, and starchy root crops-all locally grown-showed little to no increase over this time. As import prices for poultry and mutton increased their availability decreased, but the availability of vegetable oils rose despite a rise in their price. Mean BMI for men and women aged 35-44 years rose 18% rise from 1980 to 2010. These long-term trends in food availability and prices, and the temporal pattern of BMI provide national level data for understanding the process of the nutritional transition in Samoa. Further work on consumer food prices, diet, food security, and health is needed to further contextualize the transformation of the local food system in Samoa.

Effects of sex, body mass index, and body size on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery: Iranian experience

Sex, body mass index, and body surface area have been proposed as important determinants of outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. In a retrospective study, the archived files of the patients who had undergone isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in our center from January 2005 to September 2008 were evaluated. The data regarding the patients' body surface area (BSA), body mass index (BMI), and laboratory tests as well as their demographic data and the number of deaths, duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and duration of hospital admissions were collected. Duration of ICU stay >4 days and death were considered for the final outcomes to present the morbidity and mortality, respectively. In total, the files of 1223 patients were reviewed. BSA was different between men and women, but the differences in mortality and morbidity were not statistically significant. The difference between the mean BMI in men and women was not significant (P = 0.72). In all, 11 patients (9 men, 2 women) died during the hospital stay, but no significant difference was observed between the men and the women (P = 0.59). Among the patients, 6.5% stayed >4 days in the ICU (50 men, 20 women) with no significant difference between the two (P = 0.482). No significant differences were found between the BSA and BMI of the patients who died and those who were discharged from the hospital (P = 0.088 and P = 0.321, respectively). There were no significant correlations between the duration of hospital stay and the BSA or BMI (P = 0.44 and P = 0.26, respectively). Sex, BMI, and BSA do not affect the outcome after CABG.

Understanding the decline of mean systolic blood pressure in Japan: an analysis of pooled data from the National Nutrition Survey, 1986-2002

To assess the relationships between the observed drop in mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) in Japan in 1986-2002 and the use of antihypertensive treatment and lifestyle factors. A nationally representative sample of 90,554 men and 101,903 women aged 20 years and over was obtained from pooled data of annual cross-sectional surveys in Japan during 1986-2002. Using two-stage least squares with an instrumental variable, we examined the association between SBP and antihypertensive medication and lifestyle factors, including body mass index (BMI), physical activity, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and dietary salt intake. In the surveys, regular exercise was defined as exercise for more than 30 minutes at a time more than twice a week for over 1 year. Current smoking was defined as either daily or occasional cigarette use. Current drinking was defined as an intake of more than one standard cup of Japanese sake, one large bottle of regular beer, or one double measure of whisky at a time more than three times a week. Changes in mean predicted SBP in each sex and age group between 1986 and 2002 were decomposed into the respective contributions of these explanatory variables. Age-specific means of predicted SBP declined during this period by 1.8 (95% confidence interval, CI: 1.2-2.5) to 3.0 (95% CI: 2.4-3.6) mmHg in men and 3.7 (95% CI: 3.4-4.1) to 5.1 (95% CI: 4.5-5.7) mmHg in women. These reductions were partly explained by the increased use of medications across all sex and age groups and decreased mean BMI in women in their 30s and 40s. The contributions of treatment effects increased with age. Elevated mean BMI in men and elderly women offset part of the decline of their mean SBP. Declining mean SBP in Japan between 1986 and 2002 was partly attributable to the increased use of antihypertensive medications, especially in the older population, and lowered mean BMI in young women. However, a substantial part of the decline was left unexplained and needs to be investigated further. A still greater decline in SBP would be expected through improvements in body weight management, salt and alcohol intake, and treatment and control of hypertension.

The Prevalence and Determinants of Obesity in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Background Obesity is a major public health concern internationally and this study aimed to measure the prevalence of obesity in adults with intellectual disabilities in comparison with general population data, and examine the factors associated with obesity. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of all adults with intellectual disabilities, in a defined geographical area, in the context of a primary care health screening programme. A total of 945 adults with intellectual disabilities were involved, all of whom were living in the community. Body mass index (BMI), demographic characteristics, socio-economic deprivation, level of intellectual disabilities and various health parameters were measured. Results Overall, 39.3% of women and 27.8% of men were obese, compared with 25.1% of women and 22.7% of men in the comparison general population. The mean BMI of women with intellectual disabilities (28.8, range 12.3–59, SD 7.8) was significantly greater than the mean BMI of men with intellectual disabilities (26.7, range 12.6–49, SD 5.9), and women were more likely to be obese than men with intellectual disabilities (χ2 = 29.6, P < 0.001). Regression analyses showed that for both women and men, the risk of overweight and obesity reduced as the severity of intellectual disabilities increased, and Down syndrome was associated with an increased risk of overweight and obesity. Conclusions There is a need to carry out research to further our understanding of the reasons behind the increased prevalence of obesity in adults with intellectual disabilities. Effective weight management interventions and accessible clinical services are required to reduce the health inequalities experienced by adults with intellectual disabilities.

Prevalence of risk factors to coronary heart disease in an Arab-American population in Southeast Michigan

Although significant advances have been made in the area of cardiovascular disease, few studies have targeted ethnic groups. There is a large and growing Arab-American (AA) population living in Southeast Michigan, whose risk of cardiovascular disease may be on the increase. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and associated behavioral factors in an AA community with a large population of emigrants, subjected to significant lifestyle changes. Three hundred and fifty-two AA living in Southeast Michigan, mostly from the Middle East, were screened to determine their eating and smoking habits, body mass index (BMI) body fat analysis, blood pressure, and complete lipid profiling. Overweight was defined as a BMI greater than or equal to the 85th percentile value for age- and sex-specific reference data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Correlation analysis was used to examine factors associated with being overweight, with adjustment for age and sex. Blood cholesterol concentrations were compared with published data for Arabs from the Middle Eastern countries. The overall prevalence of being overweight in subjects aged 35 and older was significantly higher than NHANES III reference data (Men, 27.7% (95% confidence interval, 21.8-34.5); women, 33.7% (95% confidence interval, 27.9-40.1)). A mean cholesterol concentration of 210 ± 4 mg/dl was observed in those over the age of 40. The mean high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels for men and women were 38 and 48 mg/dl, respectively. Greater than 54.6% of all subjects had a total cholesterol:HDL ratio >4.5. Although being overweight and obesity were prevalent in this population, the mean BMI for men was 25.7 ± 0.34, compared with 27 ± 0.58 for women. Increased BMI was significantly correlated (P < 0.01) with increased blood pressure, increased glucose levels, increased total cholesterol and decreased HDL-cholesterol levels (P < 0.01). Elevation in risk factors to cardivoascular disease is prevalent in this population and indicates a need for programs targeting primary prevention of obesity in men and women. These results, which could be attributed in part to lifestyle changes typical of most emigrant populations, suggest an increase in the risk for developing cardiovascular disease. In addition, this study provides a basis for future intervention to improve the health of this population.

The influence of childhood weight and socioeconomic status on change in adult body mass index in a British national birth cohort.

To investigate the effect of childhood weight and childhood socioeconomic status on the pattern of change in body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 43 years. A British birth cohort study where the survey members have been followed up regularly since their birth in 1946, with the most recent of 19 follow-ups when the cohort were aged 43 years. BMI was available at 20, 26, 36 and 43 years of age and thus multilevel models for repeated outcome measures were used to model the patterns of change in BMI. The rate of increase in BMI with age was non-linear, with the rate of increase in mean BMI accelerating with increasing age at different rates for men and women. The mean BMI for men was higher than that for women at all ages. Childhood manual social class, defined in terms of father's occupation, and high relative weight at 14 years of age were associated with higher mean BMI across adult life, and these effects increased with age. The effects of childhood relative weight and social class were independent of educational attainment and adult social class. The study provides evidence of a long-term effect of childhood social and biological circumstances on BMI. The pathways underlying these relationships may be social or biological, but are not yet fully understood.

Prevalence of overweight among Malaysian adults from rural communities

Assessment of the nutritional status of 4054 households from rural communities in Peninsular Malaysia was undertaken from 1992 to 1995. Body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were obtained from a self-selected sample of 1854 men and 2741 women aged >= 18 years. The BMI and WHR results are presented according to gender, age groups and type of community as defined by the main occupation, namely, fishing, rice farming, estate work, rubber and coconut small-holding. The mean BMI for men and women of all age groups are 22.5 kg/m2 and 23.8 kg/m2, respectively. The mean BMI for both genders increases with age between 18.0 and 49.9 years, after which the value declines. The prevalence of pre-obese (BMI >= 25.0-29.9 kg/m2) is 19.8% for men and 28.0% for women. The prevalence of obese men and women (>= 30.0 kg/m2) is 4.2% and 11.1%, respectively. The highest prevalence of pre-obese and obese men is found in the age groups of 30.0-49.9 years, while that for women is in the 40.0-49.9 years age group. The prevalence of pre-obesity and obesity is higher in women than in men for every age group. A similar result was indicated by WHR whereby a higher proportion of women (22.5%) than men (5%) for all ages was found to show central obesity. The prevalence of overweight adults is higher when compared with previous studies on subjects from almost similar rural communities. This study indicated that overweight is on the increase in rural communities, especially among female subjects.