Frequency of Junk Food and Depression in Children

sheroze, Narmeen shahid Muhammad waqaruddin; Khan, Tooba; Zahid, Muhammad Ayoob Memon Ruba Ali; Wahab, A.; Kalar, Musleh Uddin; Vincent, M.

doi:10.23958/ijirms/vol02-i02/05

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“…One-third of adolescents consume fast foods three or more times during a week. [26,27] The data shows in another study that majority of the students eat fast food on a monthly basis 134 (47.3%), while 94 (33.2%) eat fast food on a weekly basis, 39 (13.8%) of the students eat fast food twice weekly and 15 (5.3%) on daily basis. [28] With respect to relation between junk food intake and physical activity among students, a previously conducted study reported a significant association between daily recommended intake of food groups and physical activity levels.…”

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Physical Activity Levels And Junk Food Intake Among School Going Adolescents In A North Indian City

Ahmad

Ansari

Abedi

et al. 2023

Indian J Community Health

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Introduction: Physical activity and diet go hand in hand for the maintenance of good health. This becomes even more important in school-going adolescent students as they are readily exposed to a wide variety of junk food items inside or around their school premises and lead increasingly sedentary lifestyles as they progress through their academics. Aim and Objective: Toassess the junk food intake and physical activity level among school-going adolescents. Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 800 school-based adolescents aged 12 to 14 years at AMU High Schools, Aligarh. Students were asked about their physical activity and dietary habits by disseminating a self-reported questionnaire. The data were analyzed in SPSS version 20.0. Results: The majority of the adolescents had a moderate level of physical activity (53%), while 23% of the students had high and 24% had low physical activity levels. On the analysis of the students’ dietary habits, it was found that a staggering 70.75% of students had more than the recommended intake of junk food items. The association between physical activity and junk food intake was found to be significant. Conclusion: More emphasis should be given to limiting junk food intake, increasing healthy food intake, and motivating the students to be more physically active. This can be done by encouraging the family as well as teachers at the school level and creating more spaces for children to be physically active at the community level.

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Physical Activity Levels And Junk Food Intake Among School Going Adolescents In A North Indian City

Ahmad

Ansari

Abedi

et al. 2023

Indian J Community Health

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“…[ 27 ] A research group from Karachi, Pakistan showed a positive correlation between consumption of junk food and the occurrence of depression in children. [ 28 ]…”

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Correlates of depression among school going adolescents in the urban area of Patna in eastern India

Bharati

Kumari

Prasad

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Background: Depression is a hidden pandemic among adolescents with multi-factorial causal risk and risk correlates. Objectives: To find the prevalence of depression and risk factors among school-going adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 838 adolescents enrolled in 6 th –11 th standards (age: 11–19 years) in 15 urban schools in Patna city by using the modified Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); binary logistic regression was applied to find significant risk correlates. Results: Depression was noted among 51.2% adolescents of our study participants: mild 32.3%, moderate 14.3%, moderately severe 3.9%, severe depression 0.6%; among early adolescents (46.2%; boys-21.2%, girls-78.8%) and among late adolescents (55.3%, boys-34.7%, girls-65.3%). Adolescent depression was significantly associated in our study with female gender, late adolescence, higher classes (9th–11th), vegetarian diet, soft drink consumption, fast foods, screen time, domestic harassment, academic dissatisfaction, parental discord as well as mental illness. Girls had higher risk who were in higher classes, on a vegetarian diet, habitually on soft drink, more screen time (>3 h), face more family nuisance, parents brawling frequently, and suffering from known mental diseases. Conclusion: Depression was noted in more than half of the adolescents, with a higher prevalence in girls, scholastic failure, higher grades, vegetarian diet, more screen time, familial disease, and conflict.

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Junk food consumption and psychological distress in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Malmir

Mahdavi

Ejtahed

et al. 2022

Nutritional Neuroscience

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Frequency of Junk Food and Depression in Children

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Physical Activity Levels And Junk Food Intake Among School Going Adolescents In A North Indian City

Physical Activity Levels And Junk Food Intake Among School Going Adolescents In A North Indian City

Correlates of depression among school going adolescents in the urban area of Patna in eastern India

Junk food consumption and psychological distress in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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