The Relationship of Weight Status of School-Aged Children to Selected Characteristics of Primary Caregivers

2007 ◽  
Vol 107 (8) ◽  
pp. A28
Author(s):  
C.H. Bourbon ◽  
G.P. Syler ◽  
S.Y. Branscum ◽  
E. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Association of Beverage Consumption with Obesity in Healthy Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Sirine Maher Zahran
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Obesity ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Sweetened Beverages ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The increased consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been found to be an important contributor of calories in the diet. Whether there is an association between the increased consumption of SSBs and the high rates of overweight and obesity is still questionable. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of weight status and beverages consumed of adults in a residential compound in Abu Dhabi.Methods: Forty nine out of 65 residents form Al Reef Villas in Abu Dhabi agreed to participate in the study. Initial assessments including beverages frequency questionnaire and anthropometry measurements were completed for all participants. Participants who were identified as high beverages consumers were invited to a one-month intervention aiming to limit their beverages consumption. A final assessment was completed for all high consumers of beverages at the end of the one-month intervention.Results: 55% of the subjects were overweight or obese, and 51% had abdominal obesity. 73% consumed 100% fruit juices with no added sugar, 65% consumed soft drinks, and 60 % consumed plain milk and milk products. The majority (69%) consumed tea beverages rather than coffee beverages. There was no association between weight & beverages consumption. The mean energy percentage from beverages was 14.2 (± 11.1) among all participants. 53% were considered high consumers of beverages and 47% (n=23) were considered low consumers of beverages. The one-month intervention showed a significant decrease in % of calories from beverages and weight in the overweight & obese intervention group (p<0.001 and p<0.05) respectively.Conclusion: This study highlighted major health problems in Abu Dhabi including high rates of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity. The one-month intervention was effective in reducing the energy percentage from beverages and weight of the overweight and obese participants, but no association was found in this sample between beverages consumption and overweight and obesity.

scholarly journals KESIAPAN MENGHADAPI MENARCHE DENGAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Dwi Retnaningsih ◽  
Priharyanti Wulandari ◽  
Vina Haris Afriana
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Students ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Initial Survey ◽  
Psychological Risk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRAK Anak memandang menarche adalah hal yang menakutkan karena menarche akan menimbulkan ketidaknyamanan, pusing. Menarche adalah menstruasi pertama yang biasa terjadi umur 10 - 16 tahun. Survei awal dilakukan pada 10 Desember 2016, didapatkan 80% siswi mengalami cemas, bingung menghadapi menarche. Salah satu faktor risiko psikologis menarche yaitu kesiapan, karena ketidaksiapan menimbulkan perasaan cemas. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan kesiapan menghadapi menarche pada anak usia sekolah. Metode penelitian kuantitatif survei analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi 36 siswi dari kelas IV, V, VI yang belum menarche dengan teknik total sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner. Uji hubungan variabel dengan uji Rank Spearmen. Hasil penelitian terdapat 77,8% dinyatakan tidak siap menghadapi menarche, sebanyak 55,6% siswi dengan tingkat cemas sedang. Hasil analisis diperoleh hasil ρ value (0,026) dengan rho (-0,372). Kesimpulan: ada hubungan kesiapan menghadapi menarche dengan tingkat kecemasan pada anak usia sekolah.   Kata kunci: Kesiapan, menarche, tingkat kecemasan.       ABSTRACT Children look at menarche is a scary thing because menarche will cause discomfort, dizziness. Menarche is the first common menstruation of 10-16 years. Initial survey conducted in 10th December 2016, found 80% female students experience anxiety, confused face menarche. One of the psychological risk factors of menarche is readiness, because unpreparedness raises anxiety. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship of readiness to face menarche in school-aged children. The method is quantitative research of analytic survey with cross sectional approach. The population of 36 female students from grade IV, V, VI which has not menarche with total sampling technique. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Test the relationship of variables with Rank Spearmen test.Results: 77.8% were declared unprepared for menarche, as many as 55.6% of female students with moderate levels of anxiety. The result of analysis is obtained ρ value (0,026) with rho (-0,372).Conclusion: there is a relationship of readiness to face menarche with anxiety levels in school-age children.   Keywords: Readiness, menarche, anxiety level.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Diagnosed Acne and Weight Status in Adolescent Girls

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shankar N. Mundluru ◽  
Jeanne A. Darbinian ◽  
Nirmala D. Ramalingam ◽  
Joan C. Lo ◽  
Patrick E. McCleskey
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Differences in the Association of Physical Activity and Children’s Overweight and Obesity Status Among the Major Racial and Ethnic Groups of U.S. Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-420
Author(s):  
Alma D. Guerrero ◽  
Martiniano Flores ◽  
Sitaram Vangala ◽  
Paul J. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Minority Children ◽  
Daily Exercise ◽  
Ethnic Minority Children ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Objective. To examine the relationship of exercise with overweight and obesity among an ethnically diverse sample of U.S. children. Method. Data from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health were analyzed to examine the relationship of daily exercise with children’s weight status. Propensity score covariate adjustment and multivariate logistic regression with survey weights were used to control for child, home, and community characteristics. Results. Approximately 22% of all children ages 10 to 17 years engaged in daily exercise for at least 20 minutes. In the adjusted model for the entire sample, daily exercise was associated with children having a lower likelihood of being overweight or obese (odds ratio = 0.79; 95% confidence interval = 0.68-0.91). In a stratified analysis of the major racial and ethnic groups, however, while White children who exercised daily were found to have a lower odds of being overweight or obese (odds ratio = 0.70; 95% confidence interval = 0.60-0.82), this relationship was not found for most minority children. Conclusions. Racial and ethnic minority children were not found to have the same weight status relationship with exercising daily. These findings suggest that some population-average exercise recommendations may not be as applicable to minority children.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Bodyweight Status and Weight Perception Explains Differences in Calories Ordered in a Food Choice Exercise

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1794
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Mbarushimana ◽  
Christopher R. Gustafson ◽  
Henriette Gitungwa ◽  
Eliana Zeballos
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Weight Perception ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Choice Task ◽  
Dieting Behavior ◽  
Measured Weight ◽  
Perceived Weight ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Understanding food choice is critical to be able to address the rise in obesity rates around the globe. In this paper, we examine the relationship between measured (BMI, using self-reported height and weight) and perceived weight status with the number of calories ordered in a controlled online food choice exercise. A total of 1044 participants completed an online food choice exercise in which they selected ingredients for a sandwich from five categories: meat/protein, cheese, spread/dressing, bread, and vegetables. We examine the number of calories ordered by participants and use linear regression to study the relationship of BMI category relative to self-reported perceived weight status with calories ordered. As a comparison to previous literature, we also examine the relationship between relative weight status and self-reported dieting behavior using logistic regression. We find that participants perceiving themselves to have a higher BMI than their BMI calculated using height and weight ordered significantly fewer calories and were more likely to report dieting than participants who perceived themselves to have a lower BMI than their calculated BMI. The relationship between perceived weight status and measured weight status explains behavior in a food choice task. Understanding how people perceive their weight may help design effective health messages.

Locus of Control among Computer-Using School Children: A Report of a Pilot Study

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Louie ◽  
Anthony H. Luick ◽  
Judith L. Louie
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
After School ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Motivated Behavior ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Tool Treatment

Forty-six high SES school-aged children (aged nine to fifteen) participated in a prototypical after-school and summer computer camp provided by an independent non-profit research laboratory. Following an initial sixteen-hour exposure to Logo and Bank Street Writer, children twelve years of age or less were found to minimally shift towards an internal locus of control (paired 1-tailed t-test significant at .03), as measured pre and posttest with the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control (LOC) Scale for Children. The LOC scale was chosen as an operationalization of Papert's concept of “empowering children” via microcomputer interaction. Because prior research on LOC has associated an internal LOC with positive learner attributes (such as the ability to delay gratification, persist on task, greater tendencies toward beneficial social interaction, less dogmatism, academic competence, social maturity, and possibly a correlate of independent, striving, and self-motivated behavior), it was felt that such an investigation could assist researchers in more clearly distinguishing between the reaction of different groups towards technology as a tool. Treatment consisted of a semi-structured sixteen-hour microcomputer experience in a class/lab environment. Software used in the study was restricted to Logo and Bank Street Writer. Classification of the LOC instrument by topic and response suggests that even highly internal-scoring children do not regard “planning” as an important process leading to successful outcomes in life. The relationship of this finding to a recent study conducted by Bank Street College utilizing Logo is discussed.

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