Nutritional status and eating behavior of children: A study among primary school children in a rural area of West Bengal
| Autor: | Sayanti Bandyopadhyay, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Soumit Roy, Bobby Paul, Aparajita Dasgupta, Shamita Mandal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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lcsh:Medicine
030209 endocrinology & metabolism Overweight Standard score CEBQ Logistic regression primary school 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Overnutrition children medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Body mass index business.industry lcsh:R Nutritional status medicine.disease nutritional status Observational study Original Article Rural area medicine.symptom business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 844-849 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2249-4863 |
| Popis: | Background: Dietary preferences and childhood eating behavior has marked influence on nutritional status of children. The objective of the study was to find out eating behavior of primary school children in a rural area of West Bengal using Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire and to determine association of body mass index (BMI) with eating behavior. Methodology: It was an institution-based observational study with cross-sectional design done from May to August, 2018. The study was done among 142 children studying at four primary schools at Singur, in the rural field practice area of our institute. The four schools were selected randomly using list of primary schools in the area. Eating behavior of children was assessed using Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). BMI of the children was assessed using WHO Z scores tables for children. Data analysis was done using SPSS Version 16 and binary logistic regression was done to find out association of BMI with eating behavior of study participants. Results: The proportion of under-nutrition and overnutrition was 22.0% and 16.0%, respectively. Food fussiness was significantly associated with thinness [BMI below (−2SD)]. Enjoyment of food, satiety response was significantly associated with overnutrition [BMI above (+1 SD)]. Food avoidance subscale was significantly associated with thinness [OR: 2.5, CI: 1.11, 5.63] and this subscale was protective for overweight [OR: 0.22, CI: 0.07, 0.69]. Conclusion: This study showed association of BMI with child eating behavior. Therefore, awareness among parents should be created to change problematic eating of their children which would further help them to achieve normal BMI. |
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