Determinants of overweight and obesity among adolescent students in public secondary schools in Kwara state, Nigeria
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Date
2016
Authors
Lateef, O.J.
Njogu, E.
Kiplamai, F.
Haruna, U.S.
Lawal, R.A.
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2016
Abstract
Adolescents and childhood overweight and obesity have been observed as one of the serious
public health challenges of the 21st century by World Health Organization. This study identified
the determinants of overweight and obesity among adolescents in public schools in Kwara state,
Nigeria. Multistage and stratified sampling techniques were used to randomly select 515 participants
which comprised of 343 girls and 172 boys aged (10-19) years in 8 public secondary schools from
32 schools in 2 zonal inspectorate divisions. Data was collected using modified Food Frequency
Questionnaire (FFQ) and Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A). Digital bathroom
scale and stadiometer were used to measure weight and height of the participants. (SPSS, Version
20) and WHO Anthroplus were used to analyze the data. Overall prevalence of overweight is (4.7%)
and obesity (0.2%), while prevalence for male and female overweight (0.6%, 6.7%) and obesity
(0%, 0.3%) respectively. Calculated mean BMI for age of the participants was (19.72± 2.62) kg/m2.
Overweight and obesity were positive but weakly correlated to food consumption (FC) of participants
(r= 0.012), however the relationship was significant (p< 0.001). Furthermore, overweight and obesity
were negatively correlated with no significance to the physical activity level of participants (r=-0.105).
Participants need to consume more of low calorie foods such as fruits and vegetables and should
also engage in more physical activity practices such as aerobics to lower overweight and obesity
prevalence
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Research Article
Keywords
Determinants, Adolescents, Overweight and Obesity, Food consumption, Physical activity level
Citation
Lateef O. J, Njogu E, Kiplamai F, Haruna U. S, Lawal R. A. Cake Flour Chlorination and Alternative Treatments (Review). Curr Res Nutr Food Sci 2016;4(2). doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CRNFSJ.4.2.03