Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents
محل انتشار: مجله آرشیو علوم بهداشتی، دوره: 3، شماره: 3
سال انتشار: 1393
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 282
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شناسه ملی سند علمی:
JR_AHS-3-3_005
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 19 آبان 1397
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Background & Aims of the Study: Adolescent overweight and obesity areworldwide public health problems which play important roles in well-being. Theaim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesityamong adolescents aged 14-19 years old. This study was conducted to determinethe prevalence and predictors of adolescent overweight and obesity among Iranianadolescents.Materials & Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 430adolescents aged 14-19 years old from urban schools of Ardabil, Iran in 2014. Thecollected data were analyzed by binary logistic regression analysis using SPSS18;A P-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: A total of 99 subjects (23.1%) were undernourished, 43 (10 %) wereoverweight while 30 (7.3%) were obese. Frequent fast food consumption wasfound to increase the odds of malnutrition (OR=1.4) while adequate daily physicalactivity (OR=0.7) and frequent fruit intake (OR=0.6) were inversely correlated.Conclusions: Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent among adolescents,and health promotion strategies to change adolescents’ life style such ascontrolling the growth of fast food eating culture, promoting frequent fruit andvegetable intakes, and encouraging them to do adequate amount of daily physicalactivity are required.
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نویسندگان
Aziz Kamran
Public Health Department, Khalkhal Faculty of Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Mohammad Taghi Savadpoor
Nursing Department, Khalkhal Faculty of Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Aliakbar Shekarchi
Public Health Department, Khalkhal Faculty of Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Sohrab Iranpour
Public Health Department, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran