Overweight and obesity and their relation to dietary habits and socio-demographic characteristics among male primary school children in Al-Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 310-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Tawfik Amin ◽  
Ali Ibrahim Al-Sultan ◽  
Ayub Ali
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

scholarly journals Assessment of nutritional status of primary school children by anthropometry in rural field practice area of Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 2963
Author(s):  
Anita Aramani ◽  
Saurabh Kumar ◽  
Sudhir Prabhu ◽  
Das Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Field Practice

Background: Malnutrition in the primary school children is one of important problems in India with long term ramifications.  This may be related to faulty dietary habits, socioeconomic condition of the family etc. Malnutrition especially undernourishment can lead to delay in growth and development. Anthropometric assessment of the school children provides the information regarding the nutritional status. The objectives of the study were to find out the prevalence of undernourishment, overweight and obesity in the primary school children of the rural field practice area; to find out the association of socio-demographic variables with nutritional status.Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted from November 2013- February 2014 to assess the nutritional status of the primary school children of the rural field practice areas of our institution in Thumbay region of Dakshina Kannada.Results: The prevalence of undernourishment (thinness and severe thinness) and overweight and obesity was found to be 40.5%, 2.8% and 1.3% respectively. It was also found that significantly higher proportion of male students was having severe thinness compared to females.Conclusions: The present study showed that undernourishment (thinness) was still a problem in the rural area school children.

scholarly journals Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge among Primary School Children in Fayoum Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Rabab Gad Abd El-Kader ◽  
Hanem Awad Mekhamier ◽  
Azza El-Sayed Ali Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Age ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Fayoum Governorate

Background and aim: Improving the eating habits of children is essential to reduce the future burden of non-communicable illnesses. Nutritional diseases affect higher than 30% of school age children. This study aimed to assess the dietary habits and nutritional knowledge among primary school age children in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.Study design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was implemented in three governmental mixed primary schools in EL-Fayoum city; Egypt, that were selected randomly. Sample: Cluster random sample techniques used for selecting of the study group consisted of 300 students aged from 10-12 years for both sexes attending grade five and six. Tools: three tools of data collection consisted of: 1- self-administered questionnaire comprised socio-demographic data of the students and parents, and students’ knowledge about nutrition, 2- the students’ dietary habits as consumption of the breakfast, drinking water, 3- Health assessment sheet to assess the students’ nutritional status including weight, height, BMI, and appearance.The study findings revealed that 69.3% of the study group were underweight, 36.3% were stunted, and 6.7%, 3.3% were overweight and obese respectively. About 45% had fair knowledge while 34% had good knowledge about the nutrition. More than half of the students had unhealthy dietary behavior and appearance. There was a statistically significant difference (P: 0<0.00) between the academic performance of the school children and their HAZ while there was no statistically significant difference between the academic performance of the students and their WAZ (P: 0.264).Conclusions: underweight is highly prevalent among the primary school students followed by stunting. Most of the students had unhealthy dietary habits and unhealthy appearance while around half of them had fair knowledge about nutrition. The current study recommended developing a nutritional health program for primary school children about the proper nutrition.

scholarly journals Erratum to: prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq ◽  
Sibgha Gull ◽  
Hussain Muhammad Abdullah ◽  
Ubeera Shahid ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad Shad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Primary School Children

scholarly journals Prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school children in Port Said city

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora El-Said Badawi ◽  
Abeer Abo Barakat ◽  
Seham Awad El Sherbini ◽  
Haitham Mohamed Fawzy
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Port Said

scholarly journals Family-based factors associated with overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq ◽  
Sibgha Gull ◽  
Ubeera Shahid ◽  
Mahar Muhammad Shafique ◽  
Hussain Muhammad Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Family Based
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