Alhashemi Moustafa, Mayo Wafik, Alshaghel Mohammed Moutaz, Brimo Alsaman Muhamad Zakaria, Haj Kassem Luma
Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.
Mashabek, Aleppo, Syria.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Jun 18;79:104007. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104007. eCollection 2022 Jul.
obesity is a widespread condition with more than 400 million obese-person all over the world. It is expected of medical students to follow healthy habits as they are more familiar with the risks of obesity. In contrast, many studies showed that medical students eat fast food, spend much time on smart devices, and do not play sports.
This study is the first cross-sectional study conducted to evaluate the prevalence of obesity and some daily habits carried out by medical students of Aleppo University.
The data of our cross-sectional study were collected between the 13th-20th of March 2021 through an online google form posted on different social media platforms. The questionnaire was divided into two main sections: firstly, participants' demographics (including age, gender, and academic year). In addition, medical students were asked to document their weight and height to estimate their Body Mass Index (BMI). The second section contained questions concerning daily habits including, the number of meals, breakfast, physical exercises, and fast food consumption. Chi-square and Fisher tests were performed by IBM SPSS statistics to analyze our data.
Our sample size was 514 medical students of Aleppo University. (22.1%) of them were overweight or obese (BMI> 25). Most (73.5%) eat fast food once a week or more. In addition, (39%) have three meals or more daily, and (55.7%) have two meals every day. Regarding physical activity, (76.7%) do not play sports, and (62.1%) use buses to come to the college.Stress eaters were associated significantly(p-value<0.05) with being overweight, and (70.8%) of them had a history of being overweight (p-value<0.05). Contrary to females, we found that most males were not stressed-eaters (p-value<0.05).
肥胖是一种普遍存在的状况，全球有超过4亿肥胖者。医学生应该养成健康的习惯，因为他们更了解肥胖的风险。然而，许多研究表明，医学生吃快餐、花大量时间在智能设备上，且不进行体育锻炼。
本研究是首次进行的横断面研究，旨在评估阿勒颇大学医学生的肥胖患病率及一些日常习惯。
我们横断面研究的数据于2021年3月13日至20日通过发布在不同社交媒体平台上的在线谷歌表单收集。问卷分为两个主要部分：首先是参与者的人口统计学信息（包括年龄、性别和学年）。此外，要求医学生记录他们的体重和身高以估算其身体质量指数（BMI）。第二部分包含有关日常习惯的问题，包括用餐次数、早餐情况、体育锻炼和快餐消费。使用IBM SPSS统计软件进行卡方检验和费舍尔检验来分析我们的数据。
我们的样本包括514名阿勒颇大学的医学生。其中（22.1%）超重或肥胖（BMI>25）。大多数（73.5%）每周吃一次或更多次快餐。此外，（39%）每天吃三餐或更多餐，（55.7%）每天吃两餐。关于体育活动，（76.7%）不进行体育锻炼，（62.1%）乘坐公交车去学院。情绪化进食者与超重显著相关（p值<0.05），其中（70.8%）有超重史（p值<0.05）。与女性相反，我们发现大多数男性不是情绪化进食者（p值<0.05）。
