Author(s)

Zhiyi Lu, Qianyu Sun, Yao Zhang, Yongyi Zhou

Corresponding Author

Yongyi Zhou

ABSTRACT

Background Lots of public health studies have investigated the factors associated with obesity or the body mass index on different groups of individuals and have reached conclusive results. No study has been conducted among three developing countries in Americas: Peru, Colombia, and Mexico. We investigated the hypothesis that eating habits, daily habits, sports, and family history are all related to obesity. Method: The data was donated on Aug.27th of 2019. Individuals from the countries of Mexico, Peru, and Colombia, with ages between 14 and 61 and diverse eating habits and physical conditions are investigated. The data was collected by web platform survey and generated synthetically, then was processed obtaining 2111 records. The records are then labeled with the class variable NObesity (Obesity Level). Mixed-effects modeling was used to examine the associations between different factors and obesity. Results: All x variables including FAVC, NCP, SMOKE, SCC, TUE, family history with overweight, FCVC, CAEC, CH2O, FAF, CALC, MTRANS are correlated with the body mass index. SCC, CAEC and MTRANS have a negative association with mass_body_index. FAVC, CH20 have a positive associtation with mass_body_index.

KEYWORDS

obesity, mass body index, Nobesity