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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-2125</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2125</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[ECIMED]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-21252020000400007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sobrepeso y obesidad en mujeres laboralmente activas de un área de salud]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Overweight and Obesity in Occupationally Active Women in a Health Area]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Belaunde Clausell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arada Collado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Militar Central &#8220;Dr. Carlos J. Finlay&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Policlínico Docente &#8220;Antonio Pulido Humarán&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21252020000400007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21252020000400007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21252020000400007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La obesidad se define como la presencia de una cantidad excesiva de grasa corporal. Se asocia a una mayor frecuencia de aparición de enfermedades crónicas. Los datos de Cuba sugieren que la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad es más elevada que en algunos países europeos y latinoamericanos.  Objetivos: Determinar la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en mujeres laboralmente activas de un área de salud.  Método: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal. Desarrollado en el área de atención del Policlínico Docente &#8220;Antonio Pulido Humarán&#8221; del municipio de la Lisa, La Habana, en el período comprendido entre octubre de 2018 y enero del 2019. La muestra quedó constituida por 237 mujeres, con edades comprendidas entre 18 y 60 años. Se determinó la presencia de sobrepeso y obesidad a partir del índice de masa corporal y circunferencia de cintura.  Resultados: Se constató la presencia de sobrepeso en 45,6 % de la muestra y obesidad en 28,6 %. El 44,3 % presentó una circunferencia de cintura con riesgo metabólico substancialmente incrementado. El 35 % de las mujeres tenían sobrepeso y no realizan ejercicio físico periódico y el 24,9 % obesas que tampoco lo realizaban. Las profesiones que más predominaron fueron aquellas con alto grado de sedentarismo.  Conclusiones: La prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad fue alta y se halló superior a otros estudios realizados en Cuba.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Obesity is defined as the presence of an excessive amount of body fat. It is associated with a higher frequency of chronic diseases. Data from Cuba suggest that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher than in some European and Latin American countries.  Objectives:  To determine, in a health area, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in working women.  Method:  Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out, in the period between October 2018 and January 2019, in the service area of &#8203;&#8203;Antonio Pulido Humarán Teaching Polyclinic of La Lisa Musicality, Havana. The sample was made up of 237 women, aged 18-60 years. The presence of overweight and obesity was determined by the body mass index and waist circumference.  Results:  Overweight was found in 45.6% of the sample and obesity, in 28.6%. 44.3% had waist circumference with substantially increased metabolic risk. 35% of the women had overweight and did not take regular physical exercise, while 24.9% had obesity and did not take any physical exercise either. The professions that predominated the most were those with high degree of sedentary lifestyle.  Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was high, and it was higher than other studies carried out in Cuba.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[obesity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[waist circumference]]></kwd>
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