Predictors of overweight and obesity among adults aged 50 years and above: Serbian national health survey.

Background/aim: Obesity is a complex and multifactorial condition related to morbidity, mortality, poor quality of life and many other problems. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and factors associated with them (demographic, socioeconomic factors and lifestyle) in adults aged 50 years and above in Serbia.

Methods: This cross-sectional study, representative for the population in Serbia, was carried out in one-year period, including 6,932 people aged 50 and over.

Epidemiology of hypertension in Serbia: results of a National Survey.

Background: We evaluated the prevalence of high blood pressure and the level of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in a Serbian population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of an adult population was carried out across Serbia in 2006. The study involved 14 204 adults aged 20 years or older.

[Conflict styles observed in doctors and nurses in health care organization].

Introduction: Health care workers often come into conflict situations while performing their daily activities. People behave differently when they come into conflicts and they are usually not aware of their own reactions. The aim of this paper was to establish the presence of conflict styles among health workers and the differences in relation to demographic characteristics (education, working experience, managerial position).

Overweight and obesity among adults in Serbia: results from the National Health Survey.

Introduction: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Serbian adults. The impact of socioeconomic and lifestyle factors on weight was explored.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study representative of the adult population in Serbia was carried out in 2006.

Association between obesity and socioeconomic factors and lifestyle.

Background/aim: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing at an alarming rate and it is a manifestation of the epidemics of a sedentary lifestyle and excessive energy intake. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population of the Province of Vojvodina, Serbia, and to examine the association between obesity and socioeconomic and lifestyle factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in the Province of Vojvodina in 2006 involved 3 854 participants aged 20 years and over (1 831 men and 2 023 women).

[Hospital morbidity and mortality of adolescents in Vojvodina].

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze hospital morbidity and mortality of adolescents in Vojvodina in 2004.

Material And Methods: The analyzed data for hospital morbidity were obtained from the Reports on diseases and conditions of hospitalized patients in the Service for stationary-hospital treatment. Hospital mortality was analyzed on the basis of Documentation tables of vital statistics of Republic of Serbia.

[Health of the population of Vojvodina].

Unlabelled: POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS: The Province of Vojvodina is a region with 16% of population aged 65 and over, average age of 38.1 years, and aging index 0.85%.

[Epidemiology of obesity in adult population of Vojvodina].

Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide at an alarming rate and is due to changes in nutritional patterns and physical activity that adversely affect the health status. Obesity is a complex disorder with multiple interactive causes. It is associated with many chronic, debilitating diseases with important health care cost and it is basically the consequence of sedantery life style and excessive energy intake.

[Health behavior of school children without parental care].

Introduction: Life style (behavior) is one of the most significant factors affecting health. Although a number of factors participate in creating behavior, family is one the most important. The goal was to analyze the life style of children without parental care.