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Introduction:Obesity is a growing public health concern with increasing prevalence in the world. It is aimed to investigate the relationship between socio-demographic features, dietary habits, physical activity level and body mass index (BMI) of the officers and contracted staff between the ages of 18- 64 working in administrative units of a university and some factors affecting these relationships.Methods:The population of this cross-sectional study consists of officers and contracted staff working at a university campus. The data were evaluated by using SPSS 20.0 program. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test and three different binary logistic regressions were conducted in the study.Results:The mean age of the employees was 36.4±8.23 years and 67.4% of the participants were male. Half of the participants had bad dietary habits, 15.8% of the participants were physically “active” and 68.2% were overweight and obese. Being male and the importance given to health (good and above) were found to be protective factors against the bad dietary habits. Low educational level (1.88) and being married (2.32) were the risk factors for bad dietary habits. Males (2.78), married participants (1.94), participants with good and above importance given to health (1.62) and participants working as a contracted staff (2.68) were found to be physically more active. Being male (2.16), having children (2.32) and being physically active (1.78) were found to be risk factors for overweight and obesity.Conclusion:It was found that there were differences in nutrition, physical activity and obesity among university staff with different social structures. Awareness of BMI values, healthy nutrition and physical activity levels should be increased in the intervention programs aimed at changing the lifestyle of individuals working in different statuses in the society.

Background/aim: Body esteem BE is defined as the self-evaluation of one's own body or appearance. The Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults BESAA consists of three subscales: BE-appearance, BE-weight, and BE-attribution. Though initially developed for adolescents and adults, the use of the scale has recently increased in health-related research on children. This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the BESAA for children. Materials and methods: The participants in the study were 4th grade children aged 9-10 years in Ankara, Turkey. The validity of the scale was evaluated through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were assessed using Cronbach's alpha and Spearman's rho correlation coefficient, respectively. Results: The Turkish version of the BESAA for children includes BE-weight, BE-appearance, and BE-attribution subscales. The scale demonstrated good model fit statistics chi-square/df = 3.41, P < 0.001 and good internal consistency for BE-weight α = 0.85 , BEappearance α = 0.76 , and BE-attribution α = 0.69 . According to our findings, test-retest reliability of the three subscales was in the moderate/acceptable range for children r = 0.57-0.68, P < 0.01 . Conclusion: The Turkish version of the BESAA can be used to measure BE in terms of appearance, weight, and attribution in children

Background/aim: To determine risk factors of overweightness/obesity in children aged 0-5 years in the Turkish population.Materials and methods: We made advanced analysis using the Turkey Demographic Health Survey (TDHS) 2013 female database, in which data from children aged under five years and their mothers are included. Analyses were performed using weight for height index data. The children were divided into two groups by age as 0-23 months and 24-59 months.Results: The analysis comprised 2196 children aged under 5 years. Several factors were associated with an increase in overweightness/obesity of children aged under 5 years. Overweight/obesity in children aged 0-23 months was associated with several factors such as age (12-23 months) (OR: 2.89 CI: 1.62-5.13), high birth weight (OR: 2.36 CI: 1.26-4.44), maternal obesity (OR: 2.09 CI: 1.33-3.27), and maternal smoking (OR: 2.07, CI: 1.28-3.33). Overweightness/obesity in children aged 24-59 months was associated with several factors such as education level of the mother (OR: 2.27, CI: 1.08-4.75), consanguineous marriage (OR: 2.86, CI: 1.83-4.47), and which region of Turkey the family lives in (OR: 2.79, CI: 1.53-5.08).Conclusion: Our results from the TDHS 2013 showed several risk factors of children overweight/obesity. Determining obesity risk factors, monitoring obese children/adults, and providing a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment and prevention of obesity will be useful for the future.