Nutritional status of 11–12-year-old Jamaican children: coexistence of under- and overnutrition in early adolescence

Jackson, Maria; Samms‐Vaughan, Maureen; Ashley, Deanna

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“…As observed in other studies, we found that family size was associated with the nutritional status of the adolescent [10,14]. The small families of 3 persons or less had more overweight adolescents than the larger families.…”

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“…This relationship may be explained in 2 ways: one is that household possessions may be related positively to income and high intake of foods; the other is that the families with a high household SES had more activitysaving devices (such as televisions, computers, video CD player, motors, and so forth), which may reflect physical inactivity to some extent. This finding is similar to what has been found in other societies undergoing rapid economic growth and epidemiologic transition [10,34]. It is opposite to what is the case in developed countries, where the lower SES is related to a higher risk for being overweight [34,35].…”

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“…But the direction of the association varies between countries. In developed countries, low SES is associated with overweight/obesity, whereas in developing countries the opposite most often is the case [6,10,11]. Geographic differences are important factors associated with adolescent nutrition.…”

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The sociodemographic correlates of nutritional status of school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China

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Kumar

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Journal of Adolescent Health

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The sociodemographic correlates of nutritional status of school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China

Shi

Lien

Kumar

et al. 2005

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…These findings also corroborate those reported for adolescents in Jamaica (Jackson et al, 2002), Brazil (Wang et al, 2002), China (Hesketh et al, 2002;Wang et al, 2002) and Bolivia (Pérez-Cueto et al, 2005). Thus, our study may have certain implications with respect to the observation that boys are more vulnerable than girls to adverse conditions, such as infections and/or nutritional deprivation (Tanner, 1962;Stinson, 1985;Worthman, 1996), notwithstanding other risks of different obstetric complications (Mizuno, 2000).…”

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Excess male chronic energy deficiency among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in the context of patrilineal and matrilineal societies in Northeast India

Khongsdier

Varte

Mukherjee³

2005

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: To determine the sex differences in chronic energy deficiency (CED) among adolescents in the context of patrilineal and matrilineal societies in Northeast India. Design: Cross-sectional, community-based study of the Hmar patrilineal society and the Khasi (War and Khynriam) matrilineal society. Setting: Mizoram and Meghalaya in Northeast India. Subjects: In total, 1733 adolescent boys and girls aged 9-16 y: Khynriam Khasis (n ¼ 1005), War Khasis (n ¼ 305) and Hmars (n ¼ 423). Measurements: Weight, height, and socio-economic characteristics. Body mass index (weight in kg/height in m 2 ) was used for assessing CED relative to the international reference values. Results: The overall prevalence of CED was significantly greater in boys than in girls. The sex differences in the prevalence of CED were 5, 10 and 6% points in the Khynriam Khasis, War Khasis and Hmars, respectively. Allowing for age and socio-economic variables, the risks of CED were about 1.82 (95% CI 1.14-2.90), 1.83 (95% CI 1.19-3.33) and 1.78 (95% CI 1.10-3.25) times greater in boys than in girls among the Khynriam Khasis, War Khasis and Hmars, respectively. Using logistic regression analysis, the prevalence of CED was negatively associated with family income across study populations. No significant association was found between CED and religion. Conclusion: Patrilineal and matrilineal forms of society were not reflected in the prevalence of CED among adolescents. Subject to further studies of the research problems concerning the nutritional status of adolescents, girls fare better than boys with respect to the prevalence of CED.

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“…1 At the same time, overweight and obesity are emerging as major problems among adults [2][3][4] and to some extent among children and adolescents in those countries experiencing the nutrition transition [4][5][6] Cross-sectional studies have shown associations between stunting and overweight, 4,6 although a lack of association has also been reported. 7 It has been suggested that childhood undernutrition predisposes individuals to gain weight later in life.…”

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The association between early childhood stunting and weight status in late adolescence

2006

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Background: Cross-sectional studies have shown associations between stunting and overweight; however, there are few prospective studies of stunted children. Objectives: To determine whether stunting before age 2 years is associated with overweight and central adiposity at 17-18 years and whether growth in height among stunted children predicts body mass index (BMI) in late adolescence. Design: Prospective cohort study. Participants: One-hundred and three participants stunted by age 2 years and 64 non-stunted participants (78% of participants enrolled in childhood). Participants were measured in early childhood and at ages 7, 11 and 17 years. Results: Stunted subjects remained shorter and had lower BMIs, smaller skinfolds and circumferences than non-stunted subjects. Overweight (BMI X25 m 2 ) was not significantly different among stunted and non-stunted male subjects (5.2 and 12.5%) but non-stunted female subjects were more likely to be overweight than those who experienced early childhood stunting (11.1 and 34.4%, P ¼ 0.013). Centralization of fat (waist to hip ratio (WHR), subscapular/triceps skinfold ratio (SSF/TSF)) did not differ between stunted and non-stunted groups (mean WHR 0.77 and mean SSF/TSF 1.18 in both groups). Stunted subjects with greater increases in height-for-age for the intervals 3-7 and 7-11 years had higher BMI at age 17 years (P ¼ 0.04 and P ¼ 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Participants stunted by age 2 years were less likely to be overweight than those who were never stunted. This suggests that cross-sectional studies of the association between stunting and overweight may be misleading. Among stunted children, greater linear growth during mid-to late childhood was associated with greater BMI at age 17 years.

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Nutritional status of 11–12-year-old Jamaican children: coexistence of under- and overnutrition in early adolescence

Abstract: Objective: To determine the nutritional status of a cohort of 11 -12 year olds and ascertain social and demographic factors associated with under-and overweight in early adolescence. Design: Cross-sectional.

Cited by 38 publications

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The sociodemographic correlates of nutritional status of school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China

The sociodemographic correlates of nutritional status of school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China

Excess male chronic energy deficiency among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in the context of patrilineal and matrilineal societies in Northeast India

The association between early childhood stunting and weight status in late adolescence

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