Extreme obesity: sociodemographic, familial and behavioural correlates in The Netherlands.

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To investigate the relationship between sociodemographic, behavioural, and family characteristics and the body mass index (BMI) (weight (kg)/height (m2)) of extremely obese people. DESIGN--Self reported sociodemographic, behavioural, and familial characteristics and weight and height were obtained by postal questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING--Adult, obese Dutch people who, on their own initiative, contacted our hospital for information on obesity treatment were sent a questionnaire. A total of 244 of 690 subjects had returned the questionnaire within the stated period of... Mehr ...