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Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, such as Nigeria, are at increased risk of malnutrition, especially obesity, but there is limited data describing the risk. We assessed this risk by examining the nutritional status and associated factors such as dietary habits,...

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Autores principales: Olatona, Foluke A., Ogide, Precious I., Abikoye, Ebunoluwa T., Ilesanmi, Oluwafemi T., Nnoaham, Kelechi E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37767409
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1783_22
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author Olatona, Foluke A.
Ogide, Precious I.
Abikoye, Ebunoluwa T.
Ilesanmi, Oluwafemi T.
Nnoaham, Kelechi E.
author_facet Olatona, Foluke A.
Ogide, Precious I.
Abikoye, Ebunoluwa T.
Ilesanmi, Oluwafemi T.
Nnoaham, Kelechi E.
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description BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, such as Nigeria, are at increased risk of malnutrition, especially obesity, but there is limited data describing the risk. We assessed this risk by examining the nutritional status and associated factors such as dietary habits, dietary diversity, nutritional knowledge and sociodemographic characteristics among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study in which 682 adolescents were selected from their communities using a multistage sampling technique. Dietary habits were assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and dietary diversity was assessed through nonquantifiable 24-h diet recall. Anthropometric measurements were taken to determine nutritional status. Data were analyzed using Epi-Info software version 7.2.3.1. Nutritional status was evaluated using WHO AnthroPlus software. Chi-square was used to test for an association between categorical variables, and P values ≤0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The mean age of the adolescents was 13.6 ± 2.3 years, and only 47.4% of them had good nutritional knowledge. Dietary habits were poor and dietary diversity was low. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 13.4% and 7.0%. Eating dinner, dieting to control weight and daily consumption of foods outside the home were associated with overweight and obesity (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Dietary habits and diversity of the adolescents were poor, while overweight and obesity were high. Eating dinner and daily consumption of foods outside the home were factors associated with being overweight and obesity. Our findings emphasize the critical need for adolescent nutrition programs that address weight control, especially among those who eat outside their homes.
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spelling pubmed-105218502023-09-27 Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria Olatona, Foluke A. Ogide, Precious I. Abikoye, Ebunoluwa T. Ilesanmi, Oluwafemi T. Nnoaham, Kelechi E. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, such as Nigeria, are at increased risk of malnutrition, especially obesity, but there is limited data describing the risk. We assessed this risk by examining the nutritional status and associated factors such as dietary habits, dietary diversity, nutritional knowledge and sociodemographic characteristics among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study in which 682 adolescents were selected from their communities using a multistage sampling technique. Dietary habits were assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and dietary diversity was assessed through nonquantifiable 24-h diet recall. Anthropometric measurements were taken to determine nutritional status. Data were analyzed using Epi-Info software version 7.2.3.1. Nutritional status was evaluated using WHO AnthroPlus software. Chi-square was used to test for an association between categorical variables, and P values ≤0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The mean age of the adolescents was 13.6 ± 2.3 years, and only 47.4% of them had good nutritional knowledge. Dietary habits were poor and dietary diversity was low. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 13.4% and 7.0%. Eating dinner, dieting to control weight and daily consumption of foods outside the home were associated with overweight and obesity (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Dietary habits and diversity of the adolescents were poor, while overweight and obesity were high. Eating dinner and daily consumption of foods outside the home were factors associated with being overweight and obesity. Our findings emphasize the critical need for adolescent nutrition programs that address weight control, especially among those who eat outside their homes. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-08 2023-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10521850/ /pubmed/37767409 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1783_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Olatona, Foluke A.
Ogide, Precious I.
Abikoye, Ebunoluwa T.
Ilesanmi, Oluwafemi T.
Nnoaham, Kelechi E.
Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria
title Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria
title_full Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria
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title_short Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria
title_sort dietary diversity and nutritional status of adolescents in lagos, nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37767409
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1783_22
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