Demographic and Social Characteristics of Obese Women in Salah al-Din Governorate in 2023
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The problem of obesity is one of the most prominent health and social issues facing societies in the modern era, as it is linked to a variety of health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Moreover, the effects of obesity extend to social and psychological aspects, making it a multidimensional issue worthy of study and research. In Salah al-Din Governorate, obesity among women constitutes a phenomenon that needs in-depth analysis to understand its demographic and social characteristics. By studying these characteristics, the factors affecting the spread of obesity among women are pointed out, whether related to age, educational level, marital status, or economic conditions. In addition to other variables, including the use of some medications and birth control pills, age, educational and agricultural status, and income level. To reach different geographical patterns in an attempt to show its concentration in the governorate, which is a contribution of geography with other sciences to bring the population to a better state of health and well-being, because this phenomenon has negative effects on the complex, including health effects, as it causes many diseases and social, psychological and economic effects, especially in light of the health and economic reality at the present time.
This research aims to analyze the demographic and social characteristics of obese women in Saladin Governorate for the year 2023, to provide a comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon and contribute to formulating effective strategies to address it. Studying the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of obese women is very important to find out the truth about the phenomenon, where it is concentrated, and what effect these characteristics have on obesity and overweight. The fact is that there are many variables that cause it. The purpose of this is to know the concentration of obese women according to these characteristics, after it was previously found that the phenomenon of obesity in women exceeds that of males, and to know its concentration according to educational levels, marriage, and economic levels, and calculate the residential density, number of family members, number of children, and ownership of its own means of transportation.
Metrics
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
References
Asmaa Muhammad Nabil Hassan, social and cultural variables and their relationship to obesity in females, a study of its application, Journal of the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Issue 28, Part 2, Egypt, 2022.
Iqbal Muhammad Faleh, The impact of family lifestyle on women’s obesity, College of Education for Girls, University of Baghdad, 2016.
.3 Majid Salman Abdullah, Abdul Razzaq Jassim Ahmed, the role of social protection in alleviating poverty in Kirkuk Governorate for the year 2023, MG 31, Issue 12, Part 2, p. 209, 2024.
Jassim Muhammad Jandal, Obesity and Thinness, 1st edition, Dar Al-Badaana, Amman, 2016.
Salem Saleh Hussein, Nadia Hussein Fathi, the spread of obesity among women in the city of Baghdad and its relationship to some variables, Iraqi Journal of Market Research and Consumer Protection, Volume 6, Issue 2, Center for Market Research and Consumer Protection, University of Baghdad, 2014.
Sherihan Arkan Muhammad, Spatial variation in the phenomenon of spinsterhood in Saladin Governorate, Master’s thesis, College of Education for Human Sciences, Tikrit University, 2015.
-7Abdul Razzaq Jassim Ahmed, Spatial variation in levels of human development in the urban centers of Saladin Governorate for the year 2019 - Reality and Challenges, Tikrit University Journal of Human Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 2, p. 201, 2021
Muhammad Ali Heikal, Changing the educational composition of the residents of Tikrit and Al-Shirqat districts, doctoral thesis, College of Education for the Humanities, University of Tikrit, 2014.
Nadia Emil Banna, Sahar El-Shaarawy, obesity and its relationship to body image disturbance among obese females, a comparative study in light of the age stage, Research Journal, Faculty of Botany Education, Ain Shams University, Issue 10, Volume 21, 2001.
Najm Abdullah Ahmed, Marital structure of the population of Saladin Governorate for the year 2006, Journal of the College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Tikrit, Volume 16, Number 8, 2018.
Results of the field study
Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, Central Bureau of Statistics, Information Technology, Annual Statistical Collection for the year 2019, Bureau Press, Baghdad.