Prevalence of Obesity and Related Risk Factors among Secondary School Adolescents.
| Autor: | Top, Fadime Ustuner, Kaya, Barıs, Tepe, Banu, Cam, Hasan Huseyin |
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RISK of childhood obesity
ANTHROPOMETRY BODY weight CHI-squared test STATISTICAL correlation FOOD habits PSYCHOLOGY of high school students RESEARCH methodology CHILDHOOD obesity RESEARCH funding STATURE SURVEYS T-test (Statistics) SOCIOECONOMIC factors BODY mass index FAMILY history (Medicine) PHYSICAL activity DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics ONE-way analysis of variance CLUSTER sampling |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Caring Sciences; May-Aug2019, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p994-1000, 7p, 3 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Childhood obesity is a health issue that need special attention as it increases the risk of adulthood obesity and the rates of morbidity and mortality. Aims: This study intends to determine the prevalence of obesity in adolescents and related risk factors. The study was planned as a descriptive study with a sample of 791 students. The data were collected using the Form of Descriptive Qualities of Students, the Form of Obesity Related Risk Factors, and a digital scale for anthropometric measurement. The data were obtained by anthropometric measurements and a face-to-face interview in a classroom environment. The data were processed and evaluated in the computer by using SPSS 16.0. Results: The average age of the participants is 12.08±0.79 (11-13) while %51.3 of them are girls and %48.7 are boys. %27.1 of the participants were determined to be slightly overweight and %19.3 were obese. The prevalence of obesity was found to be higher in the age group of 11 (%27.5), in boys (%25.7) and in those with a family history of obesity (%27.5) (p<0.05). The prevalence of obesity was found to be significantly higher in those with the daily meal number of 2 and less (%22.2), in those without exercise (%27.5) and in those with no snack after dinner (%29.5) (p<0.05). Conclusions: The study found that the obesity prevalence was high. It was determined that the obesity prevalence was affected by sex, family history of obesity, eating frequency and physical activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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