Assessment of Fasting Blood Glucose Level of Undergraduates in Abeokuta Ogun State Nigeria

Abstract

Objectives: Impaired Fasting Glucose (IFG) is a condition where Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) is above normal but not high enough to be considered diabetic. Impaired fasting glucose is linked with many co-morbid diseases such as obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension. The study assessed the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose concentration among undergraduates in Ogun state South-West Nigeria.
 Materials and Methods: A purposive sampling technique was used to select three hundred undergraduate students willing and ready participant. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to obtain the socio-economic information of the undergraduates. Fasting blood glucose, weight, height and blood pressure were determined using glucometer, weighing scale, height meter and sphygmomanometer respectively.
 Results: The result of the study showed that the prevalence of IFG among undergraduate in South West Nigeria was 11.0% (n=33) of total participants. A higher prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) was found with females than males. Body mass index of the subject reviewed that (11.0%, n=33) were underweight, (61.0%, n=183) had normal weight, (27.3%, n=82) were overweight and (0.7%, n=2) were obese.
 Conclusion: In conclusion, some of the participants had abnormal FBG (11%, n=33). Nutritional program/workshop should be organized by the institutions to enable undergraduates make a healthy, responsible lifestyle choices and consume a well-balanced diet.

Feeding habits, Overweight, Obesity and Hypertension and Associated Factors among Polytechnic Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

“…The prevalence of general overweight and obesity measured by BMI was below one fifth, this was in line with other studies in Nigeria (Ayodele et al, 2009;Olusanya & Omotayo, 2011;Olufemi & Abiodun, 2013;Nmor et al, 2014;Odili et al, 2014;Bagi et al, 2017;Ukegbu et al, 2017;Maduka et al, 2017) and other African countries (Kolawole et al, 2017;Deng et al, 2017) and Asia (Kutty et al, 2015;Ren et al, 2015;Irfan, 2018). It was lower than other Nigerian studies which ranged from 20% to 60% (Adesola et al, 2014;Oladoyinbo & Ekerette, 2015;Agwu et al, 2017;The GBD 2015Obesity Collaborators, 2017Sedodo et al, 2020;Kayode & Alabi, 2020) and other countries in Africa (Moussa et al, 2016;Niba et al, 2017), Asia (Davar, 2015), America (Katuka et al, 2016;Deng et al, 2017) and Europe (Sofia et al, 2015). The findings of Alhaj & Alqubaty (2020) among private university students in Yemen show a higher prevalence.…”

“…Recent findings of studies in Southwest region of Nigeria revealed that different level of physical activity and days of physical activity correlated with general and central obesity among university students (Sedodo et al, 2020;Arisa et al, 2020;Ikujenlola & Adekoya, 2020). Lack of physical activity was found to contribute to obesity in 86% of private university students in the region (Okondu et al, 2020).…”

“…Unhealthy feeding habit is a risk for non-communicable diseases (Abdulfatah, 2020). The study of Sedodo et al (2020) showed that not less than 60% of polytechnic students in Abeokuta preferred fast foods to homemade meals. Two thirds of private university students in Ede, Osun State consumed snacks daily; fruits (18%) and vegetables (25%) were consumed by a small proportion of the students (Kayode & Alabi, 2020).…”