Abstract

ARZATE HERNANDEZ, Giovanny; GUADARRAMA GUADARRAMA, Rosalinda; VEYTIA LOPEZ, Marcela  and  GUZMAN SALDANA, Rebeca María Elena. Health-related quality of life in normal weight, overweight and obese adults. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2020, vol.10, n.4, pp.397-405.  Epub May 09, 2022. ISSN 2007-1523.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20071523e.2020.4.583.

Overweight and obesity currently have a high prevalence worldwide, are related to chronic degenerative diseases, premature mortality and the decline in quality of life. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the quality of life related to health (HRQoL) between groups by their nutritional status (NS) and by sex. There was a sample of 202 participants (84 men and 118 women) with an age between 18 and 81 years (M =39.74 SD = 13.77), distributed by their NS in: normal weight, overweight and obesity, they were administered the questionnaire 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). In the general sample, the Physical Function (PF) dimension was predominant, being considered as very good, the scores obtained in the Emotional Role (ER), Physical Role (PR), Vitality (VT) and Mental Health (MH) dimensions were in a range estimated as good and only the General Health (GH) dimension was considered regular. In the case of the comparison between the groups by state of nutrition, no statistically significant differences were found between them, however, in the comparison made by sex, statistically significant differences were found in the factors of PF, MH, VT and ER in favor of the group of men. In conclusion, there is not statistically significant difference of the HRQoL between the groups by NS, nevertheless, when performing the comparison by sex, significant differences are found in favor of the men.

Keywords : Quality of life; Adults; Normal weight; Overweight; Obesity.

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