Health Literacy and Predictors of Body Weight in Turkish Children

Haney, Meryem Öztürk

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2020.05.012

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“…Given that over a third of studies collected data in the US, analyses regarding the references used to classify weight status were split into studies conducted in and outside of the US. The proportion of studies using different references outside and within the US is displayed in Studies conducted in the following countries used country-specific references: Brazil, 45,46 China, [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] Germany, [62][63][64][65][66] India, 67 Japan, 68 Poland, [69][70][71][72][73] Saudi Arabia, 74 South Korea, 75 Spain, 76 Sweden, 77 Taiwan, [78][79][80] Turkey, [81][82][83] and the United Kingdom. [84][85][86][87][88][89][90] One Polish study appeared to use a city-specific reference (treated as countryspecific).…”

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A scoping review of school‐based anthropometric measurement

Wilson,

Thai,

Williams

et al. 2023

Obesity Reviews

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SummaryThough anthropometric measurement (AM) frequently occurs in school settings, it is not without risks to child wellbeing. The aim of this scoping review was to examine how AM in school settings takes place and is reported on to make recommendations on best practices. We identified and extracted data from 440 studies published since 2005 that conducted AM in school (pre‐school through secondary/high school) settings. Privacy and sensitivity of AM were unclear in over 90% of studies. Thirty‐one studies (7.0%) reported protecting student privacy, while nine (2.0%) reported public measurement. Only five studies reported sensitivity regarding AM (1.1%). Exactly who conducted AM was not specified in 201 studies (45.7%). Sixty‐nine studies did not provide a weight status criteria citation (19.2%), and 10 used an incorrect citation (2.7%). In summary, serious shortcomings in the reporting of how AM is conducted and by whom, along with details concerning weight status classification, are evident. There is considerable room for improvement regarding the reporting of key methodological details. We propose best practices for AM in school settings, which also double as conditions that should be met before AM takes place in school settings.

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Section: Weight Status Referencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A scoping review of school‐based anthropometric measurement

Wilson,

Thai,

Williams

et al. 2023

Obesity Reviews

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“…In addition, a study on Indonesian adolescents identified that HL was related to health behaviors, including physical activity [ 12 ], while another study recorded that HL was associated with health-related quality of life (i.e., self-perception of mental and physical health conditions) among Chinese schoolchildren [ 13 ]. Moreover, low levels of HL were linked to increased body weight and obesity [ 14 , 15 ] and poor nutritional habits, including increased sugar, fat, and salt intake in children and adolescents [ 16 ].…”

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Are Health Literacy and Physical Literacy Independent Concepts? A Gender-Stratified Analysis in Medical School Students from Croatia

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Health literacy (HL) and physical literacy (PL) are concepts responsible for achieving and maintaining positive health behaviors. This study aimed to investigate gender-specific associations: (i) between PL and HL; and (ii) among HL, PL, and body composition. We observed 253 students attending health-area high schools from southern Croatia (181 girls; 16.9 ± 1.4 years). HL was assessed by the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, PL by the PLAYself questionnaire, and body composition by bioimpedance analysis. The t-test was used to assess the differences between genders, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to establish the associations between variables. The results showed a similar level of HL (t-test = 0.2; p = 0.83) and PL (t-test = 0.01; p = 0.99) in boys and girls. Significant but small correlations were identified between HL and PL only in the girls (<10% of common variance). The body composition indices were significantly correlated with PL only in the boys (15–20% of common variance). Our research highlights the necessity of the independent evaluation of HL and PL in adolescence. Further studies evaluating other indices of health status in relation to PL and HL are warranted.

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“…Only a few studies have been conducted with regards to the relation between obesity and overweight in adolescents and their health literacy level [28]. While some studies [29,30] have shown that low health literacy in children was significantly associated with increased body mass index, overweight, and obesity, another study demonstrated no significant relationship between child body mass index and child health literacy [31]. The relationship between health literacy and symptoms of eating disorders among adolescents remains unexplored.…”

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What Role Does Body Image in Relationship between Level of Health Literacy and Symptoms of Eating Disorders in Adolescents?

Boberová

Husárová

2021

IJERPH

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(1) Background: The aim of this study was to explore the associations between health literacy and symptoms for eating disorders among adolescents, taking into consideration age and gender and whether this association is mediated by body image. (2) Methods: We used data on 5054 adolescents (mean age = 13.9, 51.7% boys) from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study conducted in 2018 in Slovakia. We used logistic regression models to examine associations between level of health literacy and symptoms for eating disorders mediated by body image. (3) Results: Adolescents with low and medium levels of health literacy had a higher occurrence of reporting two or more symptoms of eating disorders (odds ratio (OR)/95% CI: 2.25/1.78–2.84 and 1.37/1.15–1.65). Adjustment for body image reduced the significance of association between low level of health literacy and symptoms for eating disorders by 26.4%, and association between medium level of health literacy and symptoms for eating disorders by 29.7%. (4) Conclusions: Adolescents who have a low health literacy level were found to have a higher probability of having symptoms for eating disorders, especially when they perceive themselves as fat. The study refers to potential theoretical frameworks for health literacy intervention that may provide guidelines for the intervention design and materials.

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Health Literacy and Predictors of Body Weight in Turkish Children

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

A scoping review of school‐based anthropometric measurement

A scoping review of school‐based anthropometric measurement

Are Health Literacy and Physical Literacy Independent Concepts? A Gender-Stratified Analysis in Medical School Students from Croatia

What Role Does Body Image in Relationship between Level of Health Literacy and Symptoms of Eating Disorders in Adolescents?

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