Dietary Nutrient Intake and Obesity Prevalence among Native American Adolescents

Abstract

<span lang="EN-US">The prevalence of obesity among adolescent minority populations has been long recognized, but little research has been done on Native Americans adolescents. Using anthropometric measurements and dietary assessments, the findings within each study have shown to obtain baseline measures to determine the prevalence of obesity within the Sherman Indian High School’s Native American adolescent population. Data of each assessment appear to be of use for predicting obesity and creating effective future interventions. Compiling data using the Harvard School of Public Health Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire (HSPH YAQ), a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire allowed significant data to be found between normal and obese weight students. Utilizing each finding allows more effective ways of targeting and reversing the inclining rate of obesity among Native American adolescents. Results show that antioxidants being examined on such as vitamin E and lycopene are beneficial in lowering the obesity rate among Native American adolescents. Levels of fiber, thiamin and folate consumption was significantly lower among the obese population in Sherman Indian High School’s Native American adolescents. Moreover, dietary mineral intake was shown to be lower among obese Native American adolescents comparing with the normal weight group. The results suggested that dietary consumption of these nutrients might correlate and predict obesity and lead to the development of effective interventions for Native Americans. This study also found the effects of total fiber and vitamin B in diets with lifestyle intervention in prediabetic adults, showing that total fiber intake among the normal weight students is significantly higher than obese students, indicating that fiber and vitamin profile could be important determinants of the effect of dietary intervention.</span>

Perbedaan Kadar 25(OH)D Serum, Asupan Vitamin D, Magnesium dan Zink pada Status Gizi Obesitas dan Normal

“…In Table 3, it can be explained that in this study, the average magnesium intake of female students with obese nutritional status was 166.04 + 65.27 mcg lower than female students with an average dietary rate of 205.88 + 92.84 mcg, where the p-value value = 0.044, meaning that there is a significant difference in magnesium intake between female students with obese and normal nutritional status. The same results were also obtained through research by Dai H et al in 2018, which stated that the obese group had a lower intake than the regular nutritional status group, where the average magnesium intake in the two groups was 333.4 mcg and 438.8 mcg 30 . Different results were obtained from research by Shatwan and Almoraie in 2022, which stated no significant difference in magnesium intake between groups with obese and normal nutritional status with a pvalue of 28 .…”

Cheap vs healthy: Analyzing McDonald’s menu using linear programming

“…Min ∑ subject to ∑ , and integer, (1) where the variable is the number of food to be taken, is the cost of food , is the amount of nutrient contained in food , is the lower bound for nutrient and is the upper bound for nutrient In this model, we wish to find the cheapest menu for a day. This can be achieved by minimizing the cost of the food for a day if McDonald"s menu is considered for breakfast, lunch and dinner.…”

“…We need to take sufficient nutrients to have a good health. Over nutrition or lack of nutrients may cause illness [1]. However diet requirements are not the same for everyone, they depend on age, ethnic and others.…”

The Diet Problem of Food Menu for Starbucks in Malaysia: Linear Programming Problem

“…By solving the diet problem, by using Excel solver, we can obtain the optimal solution, hence the person can get the best meal with sufficient requirements for daily nutrients. This is because the lack of nutrients or over nutrition can cause many illnesses Dai et al, [8].…”