Calculation of population atributable burden of excess weight and obesity to non-contagious diseases in Markazi provience of Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Overweight and obesity are the most important factors in the development of chronicdiseases and have a great impact on the health and quality of life of individuals. World HealthOrganization (WHO) encourages the countries continually for calculation burden of diseases at nationallevel as the best guideline for take policy in health system. Therefore, this study was conducted todetermine the attributable burden of risk factors in non-contagious diseases in Markazi providence ofIran.Materials and Methods: Death registered data in Markazi providence were applied for calculationyears of life lost (YLL) based on comparison risk assessment (CRA) method of WHO. Attributableburden of obesity and overweight was calculated by multiply the impact fraction of any risk factors byYLL of any diseases in counterfactual analysis method.Results: From 7176 registered death, 252214 years lost from preterm death. The total of YLL infemale and male were 102245 years and 149969 years, respectively. In this study, the most importantcauses of YLL were attributable obesities to brain stroke, and cardiovascular diseases and attributableoverweight to cardiovascular diseases in females, respectively.Conclusion: This study showed the importance and necessity of diagnosis for obesity and over weightas one of the most important risk factors in non-contagious diseases, especially in women. Therefore, itseems there is a necessity for developing and conducting comprehensive intervention programs aboutthese risk factors and then assessing the programs.

Keywords

• Burden of disease
• Attributable risk
• Obesity
• overweight
• Non-communicable diseases