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Weight status of adolescents in secondary schools in port Harcourt using Body Mass Index (BMI)

BACKGROUND: Adolescent weight status is a cumulative effect of health and nutritional problems. Adolescent weight problems often go unnoticed as weight assessment is not considered a priority in adolescents. OBJECTIVES: To determine the weight status of adolescents using BMI and to identify the cont...

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Autores principales: Adesina, Adesuwa F, Peterside, Oliemen, Anochie, Ifeoma, Akani, Nwadiuto A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22823927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-38-31
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author Adesina, Adesuwa F
Peterside, Oliemen
Anochie, Ifeoma
Akani, Nwadiuto A
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description BACKGROUND: Adolescent weight status is a cumulative effect of health and nutritional problems. Adolescent weight problems often go unnoticed as weight assessment is not considered a priority in adolescents. OBJECTIVES: To determine the weight status of adolescents using BMI and to identify the contributing factors to adolescent weight problems. METHODS: In April 2010, 960 adolescents aged 10–19 years in secondary schools in Port Harcourt were selected for the study using a stratified multi-staged sampling method. Structured questionnaires were filled by the investigators while weight and height were measured. BMI was calculated using the formula weight/height(2) (kg/m(2)). RESULTS: The prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and stunting were 6.4%, 6.3%, 1.8% and 5.4% respectively. Factors which were commoner in overweight adolescents were high socioeconomic class, higher maternal education, spending > 3 hours a day watching television and frequent ingestion of snacks. CONCLUSION: There is a need for periodic weight assessment of adolescents and health education to promote healthy eating habits and regular physical exercise as part of the School Health Programme.
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spelling pubmed-34127312012-08-07 Weight status of adolescents in secondary schools in port Harcourt using Body Mass Index (BMI) Adesina, Adesuwa F Peterside, Oliemen Anochie, Ifeoma Akani, Nwadiuto A Ital J Pediatr Research BACKGROUND: Adolescent weight status is a cumulative effect of health and nutritional problems. Adolescent weight problems often go unnoticed as weight assessment is not considered a priority in adolescents. OBJECTIVES: To determine the weight status of adolescents using BMI and to identify the contributing factors to adolescent weight problems. METHODS: In April 2010, 960 adolescents aged 10–19 years in secondary schools in Port Harcourt were selected for the study using a stratified multi-staged sampling method. Structured questionnaires were filled by the investigators while weight and height were measured. BMI was calculated using the formula weight/height(2) (kg/m(2)). RESULTS: The prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and stunting were 6.4%, 6.3%, 1.8% and 5.4% respectively. Factors which were commoner in overweight adolescents were high socioeconomic class, higher maternal education, spending > 3 hours a day watching television and frequent ingestion of snacks. CONCLUSION: There is a need for periodic weight assessment of adolescents and health education to promote healthy eating habits and regular physical exercise as part of the School Health Programme. BioMed Central 2012-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3412731/ /pubmed/22823927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-38-31 Text en Copyright ©2012 Adesina et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Anochie, Ifeoma
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Weight status of adolescents in secondary schools in port Harcourt using Body Mass Index (BMI)
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title_short Weight status of adolescents in secondary schools in port Harcourt using Body Mass Index (BMI)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22823927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-38-31
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