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KMID : 0644120080210030231
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2008 Volume.21 No. 3 p.231 ~ p.244
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A Study of the Body Composition, Obesity according to Working Pattern of Working Women
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Lee Ja-Young
Seung Jun-Ho
Park Young-Sun
Kim Dong-Chul
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze body composition, obesity according to working pattern of working women. The subjects were workers in the automobile manufacturing industry.
Methods: The subjects consisted of 514 industrial women workers who had received Korean oriental medicine health examination and submitted questionires about working pattern, during 8 months from April 2005 to November 2005. The body composition was measured by X-scan(Jawon medical, Seoul, Korea). We analyzed the relationship between body composition analysis, obesity and shift pattern with using the SPSS Ver. 12.0.
Results: Regarding the realationship between body composition and working pattern, shift worker group had a significantly higher level of body weight, ratio of body fat, visceral fat and abdominal fat than normal worker.
Conclusion: From this study, we can know that shift work can influence on working women’s body composition and obesity.
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KEYWORD
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Shift work, working women, body composition analysis, obesity
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