J Korean Diet Assoc.  2024 Nov;30(4):297-314. 10.14373/JKDA.2024.30.4.297.

Analysis of Annual Changes in the Health Behavior of Obese People: Data from 2008 to 2019 Community Health Survey

• Lee HY

• KMID: 2561510
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14373/JKDA.2024.30.4.297

Abstract

This study analyzed the annual changes in the health behavior of obese people and compared the differences according to region. The community health survey data from 2008 to 2019 was used, and statistical analysis was performed using SPSS ver. 25.0. An analysis of obesity for 12 years revealed a decreasing trend for underweight and overweight, while obesity showed an increasing trend and a high rate. From 2010 to 2019, the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in obese people was 13.0% and 33.5%, respectively, both of which increased. The subjective health level perceived by obese people as very good to good decreased significantly from 40.2% in 2008 to 32.6% in 2019, and the percentage of people who said they were not anxious or depressed increased from 85.3% to 90.2%. The self-awareness of body type of obese people was slightly obese (60.4∼65.3%) and very obese (12.2∼16.1%), and the weight loss efforts showed an increasing trend from 50.0% in 2008 to 62.3% in 2019. The prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, subjective health status, and weight loss efforts of obese people were higher in the capital region and metropolitan cities, but depression and anxiety tended to be more negative in the capital region than in the non-capital regions. Therefore, it is necessary for the government and local governments to establish policies to reduce the regional gap in the health behavior of obese people.

Keyword

Community Health Survey; obese; annual change; regional gap; health behavior