Romana Pawlińska-Chmara

TL;DR: Socio-economic differences are greater in a large urban city (Krakow), and affect variation in age at menarche, however, within smaller populations (Opole, Nowy Sacz) living in towns and villages, the difference is less visible and variation between areas reveals a lower age in urban as compared with non-urban areas.

TL;DR: Quality of life parameters for women with polycystic ovary syndrome were lower than for the controls and a negative effect of hirsutism severity on general well-being and marital sexual life is observed.

TL;DR: The aim of the work was to assess the prevalence of underweight among young women and to analyse factors contributing to this phenomenon and to find no correlation was found between prevalence of very low body mass and lifestyle variables.

TL;DR: The results confirm the relationship between low social status and the risk of overweight and obesity as observed in developed countries and the usefulness of simple and practical anthropometric indicators such as WHR and W/Ht for the identification of the higher risk of future metabolic diseases in obese people and those with a normal body mass.

TL;DR: The desire to be thinner was associated with body weight status and body weight perception, and students from families of high socio-economic status slightly more often estimated their weight status correctly than students with average and low status.