Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Obesity and nutrition behaviours in Western and Palestinian outpatients with severe mental illness | Jakabek et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 159 http 1471-244X 11 159 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Obesity and nutrition behaviours in Western and Palestinian outpatients with severe mental illness David Jakabek1 Frances Quirk2 Martin Driessen3 Yousef Aljeesh4 and Bernhard T Baune5 Abstract Background While people with severe mental illness have been found to be more overweight and obese in Western nations it is unknown to what extent this occurs in Middle Eastern nations and which eating behaviours contribute to obesity in Middle Eastern nations. Method A total of 665 responses were obtained from patients with serious mental illness attending out-patient clinics in Western developed countries Germany UK and Australia n 518 and Palestine n 147 . Patients were evaluated by ICD-10 clinical diagnosis anthropometric measurements and completed a self-report measure of frequencies of consuming different food items and reasons for eating. Nutritional habits were compared against a Western normative group. Results More participants from Palestine were overweight or obese 62 compared to Western countries 47 . In the Western sample obese patients reported consuming more low-fat products OR 95 CI but also greater eating due to negative emotions OR 95 CI than patients with a healthy body-mass index. In contrast obese patients from Palestine reported increased consumption of unhealthy snacks OR 95 CI . Conclusion Patients with mental illness have poorer nutritional habits than the general population particularly in Western nations. Separate interventions to improve nutritional habits and reduce obesity are warranted between Western nations and Palestine. Background People with severe mental illness SMI have been shown to be more overweight body mass index BMI 25 obese BMI 30 and have poorer nutritional status than the general population 1 2 . As a result of these levels of obesity people with .
