Risky sexual behaviors and their association with overweight and obesity among adolescent students: a cross-sectional study

Lima, Anna Myrna Jaguaribe de; Pitangui, Ana Carolina Rodarti; Gomes, Maria Auxiliadora de Souza Mendes; Mola, Rachel; Araújo, Rodrigo Cappato de

doi:10.31744/einstein_journal/2019ao4782

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“…Adolescence is a critical period for body image development because of the various social, cultural, physical, and psychological changes occurring between the ages of 12 years and 18 years. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 …”

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Adolescent male genitalia dissatisfaction

Zampieri

Dando

Camoglio

2022

Asian Journal of Andrology

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Genital dissatisfaction is well known in female and adults. Less is known about male adolescents and their genital satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate and report the role of surgery in male adolescents to improve the evaluation of their genitalia. We considered all patients treated for external genital pathology in the period of adolescence. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were created. Patients underwent an evaluation test before and after surgery. During the study period, 137 patients were treated, and at the end of the study, 98 cases were considered for analysis. The most frequent pathologies were webbed penis and penile curvature. A postoperative score improvement was noted and patients with concealed penis and webbed penis showed a better postoperative outcome. Overweight was considered an important factor associated with a worse preoperative score. Evaluation of the external genitalia is important in adolescents, and it is an understudied problem. Overweight may be associated with a worse evaluation of one's genital and should be clinically considered to avoid related social problems in adulthood. Therefore, cosmetic genital surgery should be considered even in male adolescents.

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“…Adolescents’ perceptions of their body image rest on some psychosocial concepts: the social idea of the ideal body and everyday comparison among people. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 …”

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Adolescent male genitalia dissatisfaction

Zampieri

Dando

Camoglio

2022

Asian Journal of Andrology

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“…[ 14 ] According to Lam and Yang in China, 8.2% of the Chinese samples,[ 25 ] and according to Lima et al 15.3% of the students suffered from obesity or overweight. [ 27 ] These different results may be due to lifestyle such as the type of nutrition, physical activity, and cultural economic context.…”

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The association between body mass index and health literacy in high school Students

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Zakeri

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Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents have become a global problem in recent years. Adolescence increases the likelihood of obesity in adulthood and associated illnesses. Nowadays, health literacy is one of the greatest determinants of the health. This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and health literacy in high school students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this descriptive-analytical study, 430 high school students were enrolled in a multi-stage random method in Yazd city in the center of Iran. The data were collected through The Health Literacy Measure for Adolescents and calculate BMI with measurement of height and weight of adolescents. The data were then analyzed using SPSS 25 and descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square and multivariate regression). RESULTS: The results showed that the mean score of BMI (21.76 ± 3.76) was in a normal range. The score of health literacy was at the borderline level (58.44 ± 13.79). BMI was not significantly correlated with health literacy (P = 0.09). BMI was significantly different in terms of age, high school grade, school type, and health status. School type and health status predict 37% of the variance of BMI (R 2 = 37%) and the best predictor was health status (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study showed that BMI was not correlated with health literacy and student health literacy was at the borderline level. It is necessary to carry out further studies on the causes and facilitators and the barriers to increasing health literacy. Furthermore, educational interventions are needed to prevent the increase of BMI in adolescents and identify determining factors.

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“…Obesity is also argued to lower risky sexual behaviour for some because of the likelihood of obese individuals to have lower sexual enjoyment and fewer sexual encounters (Kolotkin et al 2006), be less likely to date (Pearce et al 2002) and also have fewer sexual partners compared to their normal weight counterparts (Bajos et al 2010). Still, others have also observed no relationship between obesity and risky sexual behaviour (Kaneshiro et al 2008;Lima et al 2019).…”

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Being overweight and its association with risky sexual behaviour among female youth in Ghana

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The varying social representations of, and cultural preferences for, body size and their implications for sexual behaviour and risk are necessarily contextual. However, the representational paucity of this literature across developing countries is unfortunate, considering the graver implications of risky sexual behaviour. Thus, we examined the relationship between body size and risky sexual behaviour among sexually active women in a sub-Saharan African country, Ghana. Using the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data, we conducted descriptive and ordered logistic regression analyses, differentiated by urban-rural residence, on a weighted sample of 2471 young women between ages 15 and 34. Body size, measured by body mass index (BMI), was categorized as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m 2), normal weight (18.5-24.99 kg/m 2), overweight (≥ 25-29.99 kg/m 2) and obese (≥ 30.0 kg/ m 2). Risky sexual behaviour, measured as no, low and high, was a composite of four self-reported behaviours: early sex, non-condom use, multiple sexual partnership and STI symptoms/diagnosis. Results indicated that compared to normal weight, being overweight, but not obese, was significantly associated with lower odds of risky sexual behaviour. However, older overweight women had a higher likelihood of high risky sexual behaviour compared to normal weight teenagers. These results were identified among the full and urban samples. The study findings suggest that the association between risky sexual behaviour and body size is contextual, and existing relationships among youth require in-depth exploration.

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Risky sexual behaviors and their association with overweight and obesity among adolescent students: a cross-sectional study

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Adolescent male genitalia dissatisfaction

Adolescent male genitalia dissatisfaction

The association between body mass index and health literacy in high school Students

Being overweight and its association with risky sexual behaviour among female youth in Ghana

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