Risk of Different Diseases in Georgian Population with Overweight and Obesity

Abstract

According to evolutionary history people always struggled to procure food and needed physical efforts for this purpose.
Situation significantly changed recently as they don’t need much efforts to gain the food. Accordingly overweight, obesity and physical inactivity became the common problem of society. Different studies had been conducted that showed
the positive relationship of overweight and chronic diseases, also the inefficacy of diets. The current study had been designed to evaluate the correlation of different diseases and BMI value. Also to calculate the risks of diseases development in the case of overweight and obesity. In the statistical analyses had been included myocardial infarction, hypertension, stroke, etc. The material for the study had been obtained from the survey of non-communicable disease risk factors,
conducted in Georgia in 2010- 2011. Target group included males and females in the age group 18-64. Had been analysed 6,469 persons (4,453 women and 1,840 men) in a whole. As the method of analyses were used Chi-square test,
multiple regression analyses, calculation of odds ratio and relative risk. The current analysis indicates that increased
BMI is associated with increased risk of cancer, stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetes, etc. and therefore, can be prevented if managed precisely. This analysis found that overweight and obesity are strongly associated with the existence
of following disease in the anamnesis: Myocardial infarction, cancer, stroke. Future research will be able to compare the
relative existence of different diseases across BMI categories to identify additional health risks and work out effective
preventive measures.