Kontakt 2022, 24(1):85-91 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2022.005

The influence of lifestyle on the quality of life and body composition of women at productive ageSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

Simona Šimková^{1, *}, Pavel Kohout^{1, 2, 3}

¹ University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Public Health, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

² Thomayer University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

³ Charles University, Third Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Overweight and obesity fall into the category of diseases of civilization. Being overweight causes other diseases. Excessive weight is often the cause of poor quality of life. Goal: This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between selected health and social aspects and proper nutrition, discover how lifestyle affects BMI, and body composition, especially fatty tissue, identify the relationship between BMI and the quality of life, compare the quality of life of respondents to population norms, and find out whether there are differences between indicators depending on BMI.

Methods: We used BMI to evaluate obesity. We mapped the relationship between body weight, body composition, lifestyle, and quality of life. We obtained data using questionnaires. The first questionnaire focused on the respondents' lifestyles. The WHOQOL-BREF standardized questionnaire was used second. Furthermore, the respondents underwent a body composition analysis using bioimpedance with the InBody 270 device. The research group included 81 women aged 18-41. The sample group was divided into two groups according to BMI values.

Results: The average BMI value in the groups of women divided according to BMI was 20.9 kg/m² (16.7-24.3 kg/m²), the proportion of body fat averaged 24.8% (13.4-37.3%), or 30.8 kg/m² (25.4-44.8 kg/m²), body fat content averaged 38.9% (29.5-51.9%). In terms of lifestyle, differences arose in the frequency of food consumption and physical activities. When comparing the quality of life with population norms, there were differences in all evaluated domains.

Keywords: BMI; Body composition; Lifestyle; Quality of life; WHOQOL-BREF

Conflicts of interest:

The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

Received: September 24, 2021; Revised: September 24, 2021; Accepted: February 7, 2022; Prepublished online: February 16, 2022; Published: March 15, 2022  Show citation