ABSTRACT
Background: This study was planned and carried out to determine
the influence of nutrition situations and physical activity levels of
individuals working as academicians at the university on their
anthropometric measurements, blood glucose, and blood lipid.
Materials and Methods: 47 volunteers participated in the
research, and their height, waist circumference (WC), and weight was
measured. The blood samples of the volunteers was taken after 12 hours
of fasting, their preprandial blood glucose (PrBG), postprandial blood
glucose (PoBG), total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, and
LDL-cholesterol levels were measured. Nutritional consumption
measurements were taken with 24-hour recall method, and, after having
the volunteer subjects make nutritional changes, daily consumption
quantities were determined.
Results: The body mass index (BMI) was
24.34±4.73kg/m2 in the women and 27.90±3.97
kg/m2 in men. The mean WC was 84.15±15.89 cm for women
and 98.18±10.89 for men. A statistically significant difference was
found between the BMI of the women and their WC, total cholesterol
level, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride averages.
According to the BMI of the men, a statistically significant difference
was found with their WC, PoBG, and triglyceride averages. In both women
and men, it was observed that as their physical activity increased,
their levels of BMI, WC, PoBG level, and triglyceride level were
reduced.
Conclusions: We conclude from this study that academicians who
are overweight and who suffer from impaired glucose intolerance and
dyslipidemia have balanced nutrition and to do physical activities to
become healthy.
Keywords: academician, nutrition, anthropometry, blood glucose,
blood lipids, body mass index, physical activity