Body Mass Index and the Literacy on Obesity in Relation to Media Following.

Goran Belojevic, Lilijana Sokolova Djokic, Biljana Gligorova, Ines Banjari, Marko Stojanovic, Dusica Stojanovic

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Article in Iranian journal of public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Goran BelojevicInstitute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

Lilijana Sokolova DjokicCollege of Professional Studies in Education of Teachers and Trainers, Subotica, Serbia.

Biljana GligorovaFaculty of Pedagogy, St Kliment Ohridski, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia.

Ines BanjariDept. of Food and Nutrition Research, Faculty of Food Technology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.

Marko StojanovicInstitute of Public Health, Nis, Serbia.

Dusica StojanovicDept. of Hygiene and Human Ecology, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia.

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backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of TV, magazines, radio, and internet following on body mass index (BMI) and obesity-related literacy among adults.

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, the subjects were recruited from an outpatient center in the city of Sombor, Serbia during Mar-Apr 2013. We collected data by a questionnaire from 657 (397 women; 59%) subjects, aged from 18 to 87 yr (Mean = 45; SD =14). The questionnaire consisted of personal data, body height and weight, frequency of television, radio, magazines and internet following and personal opinion on the impact of smoking, alcohol consumption, stress and physical inactivity on obesity.

resultsSpearman's rank correlation analysis showed that BMI increased with longer TV viewing with a very weak strength of the correlation (r=0.104;

conclusionInternet is the only media that independently and positively influence weight control and the literacy on obesity among adults.

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Body mass indexInternetLiteracyObesity

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