Grujicic Mladen, Sekulic Marija, Radovanovic Jovana, Selakovic Viktor, Gavrilovic Jagoda, Markovic Vladan, Sorak Marija, Spasic Marko, Vucic Rada, Sretenovic Snezana, Radmanovic Olivera, Rajkovic Pavlovic Zlata, Nikic Djuricic Katarina, Tomovic Jovica, Maricic Milena, Radovanovic Snezana
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Health Centar Bijeljina, 76300 Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Children (Basel). 2024 Aug 31;11(9):1074. doi: 10.3390/children11091074.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: One of the raising public health problems in the adolescent population is obesity, which has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. The aim of this work is to determine the prevalence of obesity in the population of children of secondary school, age 15 to 19 years in Serbia and the determinate connection with demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their eating habits and physical activity.
The research is part of the fourth National Population Health Survey conducted in 2019, which was conducted by the Republic Institute of Statistics, in cooperation with the Institute of Public Health of Serbia and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia. As a research instrument, questionnaires were used in accordance with the methodology of the European Health Survey. For the purposes of this research, data on the adult population aged 15-19 and over were used.
The association of overweight with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics was examined using binary regression. In the univariate model, male gender (OR = 1.95), younger age (OR = 1.57) and Region of Vojvodina (OR = 2.47) stood out as significant predictors of overweight, which was confirmed by the multivariate model.
The results of our study emphasize that the prevalence of obesity in the population of high school youth is at a significant level and that a lot more needs to be done to promote healthy lifestyles and raise awareness of their benefits on health status.
背景/目标：青少年群体中日益严重的公共卫生问题之一是肥胖，这一问题在全球已达到流行程度。本研究的目的是确定塞尔维亚15至19岁中学生群体中的肥胖患病率，并确定其与受访者的人口统计学和社会经济特征、饮食习惯及身体活动之间的关系。
该研究是2019年进行的第四次全国人口健康调查的一部分，由塞尔维亚共和国统计局与塞尔维亚公共卫生研究所及塞尔维亚共和国卫生部合作开展。作为研究工具，采用了符合欧洲健康调查方法的问卷。本研究使用了15至19岁及以上成年人口的数据。
使用二元回归分析超重与人口统计学和社会经济特征之间的关联。在单变量模型中，男性（OR = 1.95）、较年轻年龄（OR = 1.57）和伏伊伏丁那地区（OR = 2.47）是超重的显著预测因素，多变量模型证实了这一点。
我们的研究结果强调，高中青年群体中的肥胖患病率处于显著水平，需要做更多工作来推广健康的生活方式，并提高人们对其对健康状况益处的认识。
