Via practica 3/2008

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OVERWIGHT AND OBESITY IN SLOVAKIA

Obesity is considered at present as an idependent risk factor not only for cardiovascular, but also for oncologic morbidity and mortality. Intraabdominal obesity in patients represents an increased cardiometabolic risk. In recently published WHO epidemiologic data describing overweight and obesity data from Slovakia are still completely missing. Therefore it seems to be of important value to publish some of our data in this field of interest. They may lead to organize the intervention programmes leading to decrease high cardiovascular and oncologic mortality in our country. It represents in our conditions an important medical, economic and community problem.

Keywords: Epidemiology, cardiovascular diseases, obesity.