The women age of 25 to 50 years prevalance of obesity among who are engaged in teaching profession and housewifes and evaluation of their nutricional information levels

This study was conducted on 140 women between the ages of 25-50, chosen by among the women who are teaching professions and the housewifes in this county sample obtained by universal sampling calculation formula, 70 of which are teachers from Atatürk Middle School, 80.Yıl Yerköy Middle School, Nurdoğdu Middle School, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Middle School, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Middle School, Reşat Akyön Middle School and Cumhuriyet Middle School in Yerköy, Yozgat, and 70 housewives in the same city, between May 2017 and June 2017, in order to evaluate their knowledge level on nutrition and their obesity prevalence. In order to define general knowledge, nutrition knowledge level, nutrition habits, health information, food consumption frequency and 1-day food consumption recording form of the individuals, the researcher prepared a questionnaire form of 51 questions based on previous research and collected anthropometric measurements (weight, height, waistline and hip). In statistical calculations, SPSS 22 program was used and in evaluation of the findings percentage, frequency distribution, chi-squared statistical test analysis and BeBis (nutrition information system) of the descriptive statistical methods were used. When P value was under 0.05 the difference was accepted significant. When the findings are evaluated, it was found that obesity prevalence of the women in the study was 36% and their overweight prevalence was 32.4%. Obesity prevalence was found as 9.4% in teacher women and 26.6% in housewives. In addition to that, percentage of women who are overweight were 17.3% in teachers and 15.1% in housewives. There was a significant relationship between obesity prevalence and occupational status (p <0.05). When nutritional knowledge levels of women were examined, it was found that 1.4% was weak, 14.3% was moderate, 33.6% was good and 50.7% was very good. It was determined that 68.6% of the teachers were very good and 44.3% of the housewives had good nutrition knowledge level. As a result; it has been determined that the level of education affects women's obesity prevalence and nutrition knowledge levels. It is recommended that adequate and balanced nutrition and regular physical activity training be provided to combat obesity.