Eleni P. Kotanidou, Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Bessie E. Spiliotis, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, Maria Tsigga, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou
OBJECTIVE: While the US today has the highest rates worldwide of obesity, Europe, and particularly Southern Europe, is catching up fast. The aim of this study was to report the prevalence of obesity in Greek children, aged 1-12 years. DESIGN: A systematic review—including all studies published in English and Greek …
Gerasimos E Krassas, Fahrettin Kelestimur, Dragan Micic,Themistoklis Tzotzas, Theodoros Konstandinidis, MariaBougoulia, Christos Tsametis, Ramiz Colak, Jagoda Jorga, Zivka Kostic, Mirjana Pavlovic. The Balkan Group for the Study of Obesity
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and body mass index (BMI) distribution in people living in large territories of Greece, Serbia and Turkey. A cross-sectional multi-national epidemiological survey was designed on the basis of self-reported information on height and weight …
Maria Hassapidou, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, George Vlahavas, Efthymios Kapantais, Daphne Kaklamanou, Ioannis Pagkalos, Myrto Kaklamanou, Themistoklis Tzotzas
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between physical activity (PA) and sedentary lifestyle (SL) patterns with overweight (OW), obesity (OB), abdominal obesity (AO) and cardiometabolic comorbidities in Greek adults based on data from the National Epidemiological Survey for the prevalence of obesity …
Sofia Tsirona, Fotis Katsaros, Alexandra Bargiota, Stergios A. Polyzos, George Arapoglou, George N. Koukoulis
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing worldwide reaching epidemic proportions. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of DM in Thessaly, a large region of Central Greece, and to extrapolate our results to the population of the entire country. A random sample of 805 adults (421 females and 384 men) living in Thessaly, aged 18-80 years, was surveyed. After completing a questionnaire about health status and a thorough physical examination …