Prevalence, Factors Associated with Obesity and Overweight among Students in Brazzaville in 2020

Moussouami, Simplice Innocent; Nigan, Issiako Bio; Alongo, Yvon Rock Ghislain; Gouthon, Polycarpe; Mbemba, François

doi:10.4236/fns.2022.131007

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“…The study found that while 32.48% of respondents had a family history of overweight or obesity, 67.51% of respondents had no such history. Moussouami et al (2022) In the present study 63.11% of the respondents ate fruits & 45.63% of the respondents ate vegetables 1-3 days in a week, 11.65% of the respondents never took fruits and 0.98% never took vegetables in their diet.…”

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Assessment of Obesity and Its Associated Factors Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Urban Community, West Bengal

Mukhopadhyay,

Mazumder,

Sen

2024

Int. J. Res. Granthaalayah

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Introduction: Over the world, obesity has spread like wildfire and is now a major public health concern. Obesity in adolescence tends to trace into adulthood and becomes difficult to treat. A child with an increased BMI has a risk of becoming overweight or obese at age 35 and this risk increases with the advancement of age.Aim: This study aims to determine the obesity among adolescent girls and to find out associated factors of obesity among adolescent girls in selected urban communities, West Bengal.Methods: A descriptive survey research was carried out among 1245 adolescents selected through non-probability consecutive sampling technique and from them, 103 obese participants were selected based on BMI values through nonprobability purposive sampling technique. Data was gathered using a validated semi-structured and structured questionnaire. Data were gathered on adolescent’s demographic characteristics and BMI and associated factors of obesity.Result: The result revealed that 8.27% of the respondents were obese, 18.96% of the adolescents were overweight, 54.70 % of the respondents had normal weight and 18.07 % of them had thinness. Chi-Square findings revealed that there was significant association seen between the obesity and age of the adolescent girls (p<0.01), educational status (p<0.001), food habit, family income. The findings of the study have significant implications for nursing practice, education, administration, and research.Conclusion: The prevalence of obesity was observed higher in the age group of above 15 years. The findings of this study indicate that to ensure good health now and in the future, adolescents should be taught the value of a balanced diet, regular exercise, and limiting screen time for primary prevention. The youngster of today is the adult of tomorrow in good health.

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Assessment of Obesity and Its Associated Factors Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Urban Community, West Bengal

Mukhopadhyay,

Mazumder,

Sen

2024

Int. J. Res. Granthaalayah

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Overweight/Obesity in University Students from Mexico: Comparison Using Different Indices

Medrano-Donlucas,

Hernández-Peña,

Juárez-Lozano

et al. 2024

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The goal was to compare body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WHtR), and relative fat mas (RFM), to identify the best predictor of overweight and obesity in university students from Mexico. This is a cross-sectional survey with 697 university students from northern and central Mexico (448 women, and 249 men aged 18 -19 years). Data was collected during 2018. Overweight and obesity were calculated from those indices and for both, female and male students, the order of correlation between a pair of indices were WHtR vs. RFM > WHtR vs. WC > RFM vs. WC > WHtR vs. BMI > BMI vs. WC > RFM vs. BMI. It is concluded to use the WHtR and the RFM to better predict overweight and obesity in young Mexican university students.

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Prevalence, Factors Associated with Obesity and Overweight among Students in Brazzaville in 2020

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Assessment of Obesity and Its Associated Factors Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Urban Community, West Bengal

Assessment of Obesity and Its Associated Factors Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Urban Community, West Bengal

Overweight/Obesity in University Students from Mexico: Comparison Using Different Indices

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