Determination of the frequency and the affecting factors of obesity in school age children and adolescents in a rural area in Sivas Province

Ağadayı, Ezgi; Çelik, Nurullah; Çetinkaya, Selma; Karaca, Sanem Nemmezi

doi:10.17098/amj.571393

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“…In a study which was about the prevalence of obesity/overweight in students, the rate of obesity in males was found to be higher than females, while the height, weight and BMI measurements of males were similarly higher than females (23). In another study from Turkey, 75.50% of students had normal body mass index percentages, while were 13.80% overweight and 7.34% obese and it had similar results to our study (24). According to the results of our study, males had significantly higher BMI percentile/weight to age percentiles than females.…”

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Assessment of the Relationship Between Nutrition and Obesity in Adolescence

Şahiner¹,

Yeşilkaya²

2021

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Adölesanlarda obezite tüm dünyada oldukça önemli bir durumdur. Güncel araştırmalara göre Türkiye, Avrupa'nın en obez ülkesidir. Koruyucu sağlık politikaları önem kazanmıştır. Halk sağlığının iyileştirilmesi ve korunması için adölesanların sağlıklı beslenme alışkanlıkları konusunda yönlendirilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada adölesan dönemindeki öğrencilerin beslenme durumlarının belirlenmesi ve obezite durumlarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Çalışma grubu Amasya'daki bir Anadolu Lisesi'nden rastgele seçilen 204 öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. Veriler, literatür taraması sonucunda araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan bir anket ile toplanmıştır. Anket demografik bilgileri, yeme alışkanlıkları ve bir besin tüketim sıklığı formunu içermektedir. Bulgular: Sonuçlara göre katılımcıların %59,3'ü kız, %40,7'si erkektir. Ortalama yaş 15,88±0,86'dır; ortalama ağırlık 59,9±11,6kg'dır; ortalama boy 168.1±8.63cm; ortalama Beden Kitle İndeksi (BKİ) 21.1±3.25kg/m 2 'dir. Sonuçlarda yaşa ve ağırlığa göre BKİ persentilleri, kızlarda erkeklere göre daha normal bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Katılımcıların çoğunluğunun normal BKİ değerlerine sahip olduğu görüldü. Ailelerinde obez birey olan öğrencilerin BKİ değerleri daha yüksek olarak saptandı (p<0.05). Öğrencilerin %42,6'sı evdeyken öğün atladığını belirtti. Gıda sıklığı anketinin sonuçları; erkeklerde protein, kolesterol, tiamin, riboflavin, sodyum, kalsiyum, magnezyum, fosfor ve çinko kızlara göre daha yüksek bulundu (p<0.05). Sonuç: Araştırma sonuçlarına göre adölesanların sağlıklı beslenme, öğün zamanlaması, atıştırma konularında beslenme eğitimine ihtiyaçları vardır. Kurumlarda öğrenci ve ailelere beslenme eğitimi verilmesi ve beslenme takibi için beslenme uzmanlarının sağlanması önerilmektedir. Bu destek, yetişkinlik dönemini ve ailesinin diğer nesillerini olumlu yönde etkileyeceği düşünülmektedir.

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confidence: 87%

Assessment of the Relationship Between Nutrition and Obesity in Adolescence

Şahiner¹,

Yeşilkaya²

2021

jchild

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“…The prevalence of overweight and obesity, similarly observed to rise even in low-or middle-income countries with malnutrition, has increased significantly in a short time in childhood (20). In this sense, it was observed in Aksoydan et al's study that 5.6% of adolescents were underweight and 4.1% obese; in Agadayı et al's study that 5,12% of participants were underweight, and 6,9% obese (21,22). In the USA, it was determined that adolescents aged 12-19, with a rate of 20.6%, were the most obese (23).…”

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confidence: 94%

Evaluation of Adolescents' Status of The First-Step Health Services Use and Healthy Nutrition Behaviors

2021

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Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the status of the first-step health services use, healthy nutrition behaviors in adolescents and investigate their relationships with each other. Methods: One hundred and forty-six adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18 were included in this descriptive study. A survey of 15 questions about the participants' healthy nutritional behaviors, the status of knowing their family physicians, and going to their family physicians for the examination was applied. The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS 22 package program, and p Results: Of the participants, 85.6% went to their family physicians for the examination, the mean age was 16.4±1.6, and 58.9% were girls. Girls' mean scores of healthy nutritional behavior and going to their family physicians for the examination were significantly higher than boys'. In those who were obese and overweight, the rate of knowing their family physicians, the mean score of going to their family physicians for the examination, and healthy nutritional behavior were lower than normal weight. Conclusion: In our study, lower obesity and overweight rates and having a healthier diet were seen in adolescents using primary health care services more. We believe that to eliminate obesity, which has been a significant public health problem today, increasing the rate of using primary health care services for adolescent individuals needs to be increased. We hope that our comments raised herein will encourage other physicians to be more sensitive about this issue and direct patients to primary care more often to receive such services. Keywords: adolescents, nutrition behavior, primary health care

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“…For this reason, it is recommended to teach this to children from childhood (Bastian et al., 2021). Increased weight in early childhood causes many physical and psychosocial health problems, especially overweight and obesity later in life (Agadayi et al., 2019). The prevalence of obesity in children over 5 years of age is reported to be 8.3% in Turkey (Turkish Statistical Institute [TIE], 2022).…”

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Growth and development impact of sustainable nutrition education: An experimental study

Ulker,

Simsek,

Hacioglu

et al. 2023

Journal of Food Science

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Healthy societies are formed by learning and maintaining sustainable healthy eating behaviors from childhood. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of short‐term sustainable nutrition education on growth and development parameters of preschool children. This study is an experimental design with pretest–posttest control group. This study was carried out in two kindergartens between February 2022 and June 2023 in Turkey. The education group received 4 months of dietary behavior training. The dietary scale and anthropometric measurements were administered at the first and last meetings. Data were analyzed with 95% confidence interval. The study was completed with 174 children. A statistically significant difference was found, especially in body weight (p < 0.05) and body weight percentile values (p < 0.05) in the posttest of the education group. A statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was found between the groups in the eating behavior scale posttest score. Nutrition education in schools is important in promoting healthy eating habits. Nutrition education improves eating behavior positively. To maintain healthy eating behaviors, however, the continuity of education is necessary. In addition, as growth and development are physical processes, it is recognized that growth and development cannot be assessed by nutrition alone.

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Determination of the frequency and the affecting factors of obesity in school age children and adolescents in a rural area in Sivas Province

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Assessment of the Relationship Between Nutrition and Obesity in Adolescence

Assessment of the Relationship Between Nutrition and Obesity in Adolescence

Evaluation of Adolescents' Status of The First-Step Health Services Use and Healthy Nutrition Behaviors

Growth and development impact of sustainable nutrition education: An experimental study

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