Introduction. Dyslipidemia and obesity are recognized modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, major health problems with increasing prevalence. Youth obesity and lipid abnormalities are not enough docume nted. Asymptomatic young people tend not to appeal to health services, but they may be at cardiovascular risk. Aim of the study. To estimate the rate of obesity and dyslipidemia in the cohort of female population in the Republic of Moldova. Materials and methods. The cross sectional study was performed, including 302 women (17 29 years old), apparently healthy, enrolled at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 2011. Venous blood samples were drawn after an overnight fasting and were subjected to following biochemical lipid parameters determination: HDL cholesterol , total cholesterol (TC) TC), triglycerides . non HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were calculated. The following anthropometric parameters have been measured: body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC). Results. Our data showed that over 53% (160 subjects) from the studied young population had at least one lipid abnormality. The rate of hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, high non HDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol was 13.6%, 14.2%, 7% and 34.1%, respectively. 131 female patients (43.4%) were centrally obese and 14.2% were overweight/obese (WHO criteria). Conclusions. Young females in Moldova have alarming rate of the asymptomatic dyslipidemia and obesity . Our findings support the need of early preventive measures in this age