scholarly journals Exploring the risk behaviour of learners in a South African private Christian secondary school

2017 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelie Gresse ◽  
Jayne Seaman
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Christian School ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Risky Behaviour ◽  
High School Grades ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Positive Health Outcomes

Adolescent learners tend to express their independence by engaging in risky health behaviour inclusive of poor eating habits, smoking and alcohol consumption. The aim of this study was to assess whether adolescents attending a religious school that maintains strict discipline are less likely to engage in risky behaviour. Learners attending a private Christian school were asked to complete a health risk behavioural questionnaire, which measured attitudes toward eating habits, alcohol and drug use, participation in exercise and sexual activity, smoking habits and adherence to Christian values. The sample group consisted of 117 study participants distributed across all high school Grades. On balance, these learners were more conservative than others attending secular schools and most reported healthy eating habits; 92.3% consumed dairy products, 64.1% consumed more than two fruits and 81.2% more than two vegetables per day. More than 78% exercised regularly. Only 10.2% consumed alcohol, 3.4% smoked and 5.2% used recreational drugs. Of all learners, 93.2% indicated their Christian values as having a moderating impact on their lifestyle. The study concludes with the recommendation to investigate ways in which the strategies employed by this Christian school could be promoted to other schools given the finding that Christian values translate into positive health outcomes amongst adolescents. As it seems that the strict Christian education of these learners leads to less risky health behaviour, ways in which to promote this school’s strategies to other schools could be investigated. Opsomming Tienerleerders sal dikwels hul onafhanklikheid in die vorm van onveilige gesondheidsgedrag soos byvoorbeeld swak eetgewoontes, rook and alkoholgebruik uitdruk. Die doelstelling van die studie was om te bepaal of ‘n skool se streng dissipline, wat klem lê op Christelike beginsels, ‘n invloed het op die voorkoming van onveilige gesondheidsgedrag. Alle leerders van ‘n private Christelike hoërskool is versoek om vrywillig ‘n vraelys wat hulle gedrag en houding aangaande eetgewoontes, alkohol- en dwelmgebruik, oefening, seksuele aktiwiteit, rook en Christelike waardes te bepaal. Die steekproefgrootte was 117 en het leerders van alle Grade (8 – 12) ingesluit. Die resultate dui daarop dat hierdie leerders meer konserwatief is as leerders in ander studies. Die meeste het gesonde eetgewoontes gehad; 92.3% gebruik suiwelprodukte, 64.1% eet meer as twee vrugte en 81/2% eet meer as twee groente per dag. Meer as 78% oefen gereeld. Net 10.2% gebruik alkohol, 3.4% rook en 5.2% het al dwelmmiddels gebruik. Van al die leerders het 93.2% geglo dat hulle Christellike waardes ‘n invloed op hulle leefstyl het. Dit wil dus voorkom of die streng Christelike opvoeding van hierdie leerders tot minder onveilige gesondheidsgedrag lei en maniere om die skool se doelwitte by ander skole bekend te stel, behoort ondersoek te word.

scholarly journals Reported Changes in Dietary Habits During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Danish Population: The Danish COVIDiet Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Giacalone ◽  
Michael Bom Frøst ◽  
Celia Rodríguez-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
Positive Health Outcomes

This paper focuses on the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the dietary habits of adult Danes. Two aspects were specifically considered: 1) reported changes in intake of specific food categories and 2) effect on healthy eating, operationalized as adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MEDAS score). Respondents (N = 2,462) completed a 44-items self-administered online survey designed for the assessment of their socio-demographic characteristics, general food habits, and consumption frequency of selected foods (mainly related to the MedDiet) during the lockdown. The data indicated that the lockdown has affected dietary habits of adult Danes to a relatively limited degree. The most important findings were that a substantial proportion of respondents (≥28%) reported eating more, snacking more, exercising less, and gaining weight during the lockdown. Results could be linked to the amount of time spent at home (e.g., a higher cooking frequency) a higher degree of emotional eating during the lockdown (e.g., a higher consumption of pastries and alcohol). Women were generally affected to a higher degree than men. Additionally, dietary changes during the lockdown to a certain degree reflected pre-existing (un)healthy eating habits, as positive health outcomes were observed in respondents with a high MEDAS score and negative outcomes (e.g., weight gain and higher intakes of pastries and carbonated beverages) were associated with respondents with a low MEDAS score. These changes, if sustained long-term, are potentially concerning from a public health perspective, especially given that more than half of the respondents were characterized by a low adherence to the MedDiet.

Designing mobile dietary management support technologies for people with diabetes

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 329-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eirik Årsand ◽  
James T Tufano ◽  
James D Ralston ◽  
Per Hjortdahl
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Dietary Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Usability Tests ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Study Participants

We performed two cycles of laboratory-based usability testing of three food registration prototypes for people with diabetes. The design concepts were a commercial web application, various smartphones and a mobile phone photo blogging approach. Six adults with Type 1 diabetes and three adults with Type 2 diabetes participated in the usability tests. The results provided five distinct implications for devices for the future dietary management support of people with diabetes. Study participants valued many of the features offered by the three systems that were tested, although the usability tests also revealed several opportunities to enhance their design. Our findings suggest that further development is justified of mobile dietary and nutritional support for individuals living with diabetes. Applications that support healthy eating habits should be integrated with applications for managing blood glucose data and physical activity data, and potentially medication data as well.

scholarly journals BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES WITH AGE IN A SAMPLE OF PAKISTANI ADOLESCENTS

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-84
Author(s):  
Huzefa Jibril ◽  
Hafiz Noman Saleem ◽  
Syed Danish Naseem ◽  
Karam Khan ◽  
Aqal Khan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Risky Behaviour ◽  
Behavioural Changes ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Adolescent Behaviour ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Increasing Trends ◽  
Grade 8

Introduction: As adolescents move from being children to young adults, behavioural modifications occur during this transition period. Studies from other countries have shown decreasing physical activity and increasing use of alcohol and tobacco. Such studies have allowed interventions to be developed that have led to better outcomes. This study aims to identify areas of concern to allow target interventions to be developed. Objectives: Identify behavioural changes that occur in adolescents as they progress through school. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was developed consisting of 28 questions on various categories. 2 schools of Karachi were chosen and permission was obtained from the principal of the respective schools. The questionnaire was administered to students of grade 6, 8 and 10 in the classroom after obtaining informed consent. Results: A total of 603 students participated in the study. 191 students were from grade 6, 197 were from grade 8 and 215 were from grade 10. Physical activity and healthy eating habits decreased moving from grade 6 to grade 10. Increasing trends were seen in internet use, cigarette smoking and sheesha use. Parental involvement in their children's studying was less amongst students of grade 10 then students of grade 6 and grade 8. Conclusion: As indicated by previous studies adolescent behaviour seems to be becoming more unproductive as adolescents progress through school. Unhealthy eating habits, decreased physical activity and increased risky behaviour were seen in adolescents in higher grades. Some of this behaviour appear to get progressively worse as the student progresses through school while others occur at specific times.

scholarly journals Factors predicting physical activity and healthy nutrition habits among students in Israel

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Beck ◽  
R Tesler ◽  
D Moran ◽  
T Kolobov ◽  
Y Harel Fisch
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
World Health ◽  
Promotion Policies ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits

Abstract Background The World Health Organization has defined school systems as the significant framework for health promotion, because it enables accessibility to most of the child population. Objectives To examine the association between health promotion policies of school principals and student-level factors that predict health behaviour patterns: physical activity and proper nutrition. Methods This cross-sectional study is based on data from the HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children) survey that included 7,000 students in grades 6, 8, and 10 in secular and religious public schools and in Arab schools, and about 126 principals. Results The findings of the study indicate: at the student level boys perform physical activity more frequently than girls (B = 0.80, p < 0.01); with increasing age students from a high socio-economic background are more physically active (B=-0.34, p < 0.01); and students in religious public schools perform less physical activity compared to students in secular public schools (B=-0.37, p < 0.01). At the multi-level, implementation of a policy that encourages physical activity is a predictor of physical activity habits at the student level (B = 0.09, p < 0.05). Moreover, findings show that school nutrition policies (OR = 0.89, p < 0.05) and principals' commitment to health promotion (OR = 1.13, p < 0.01) predict healthy eating habits among students. Findings also indicate that students in the Arab sector consume less healthy food compared to students in public schools (OR = 0.54, p < 0.05). Conclusions The results of the current study emphasize the importance of implementing health promotion policies in schools among principals to improve students' physical activity and healthy eating habits.

Atuação do programa de educação para o trabalho-pet saúde da família: avaliação multidisciplinar do estado nutricional de escolares

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Jenefer Garcez Alexandre ◽  
Mileni Henedi Lemos ◽  
Synthia Ferreira Campos ◽  
Denise Dargelio Levy ◽  
Ivonete Teresinha Schulter Buss Heideman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Habits ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Global Epidemic ◽  
Obesity And Overweight ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Work Family

Resumo: A obesidade e o sobrepeso são considerados hoje uma epidemia mundial. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as crianças e adolescentes com idade entre 9 e 14 anos com potencial alteração no grau de nutrição. Realizou-se um estudo exploratório e descritivo com abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa articulado com a metodologia de Paulo Freire. Foram coletados dados antropométricos e realizadas oito visitas domiciliares, utilizando-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado. Os resultados foram agrupados em três categorias para análise. Conclui-se que a maior parte das crianças e adolescentes não tem hábitos alimentares saudáveis e que praticam atividade física com baixa frequência.Palavras-Chave: Saúde da Família, Educação em Saúde, Obesidade, Promoção da Saúde.Acting of the Education Program for Work-Family Health PET: multidisciplinary assessment of the nutritional status of schoolchildrenAbstract: Obesity and overweight are now considered a global epidemic. The objective of this study was to identify children and adolescents aged 9 to 14 years with a potential alteration in the degree of nutrition. We carried out an exploratory and descriptive quantitative and qualitative approach with the methodology articulated by Paulo Freire. Anthropometric data were collected and made eight home visits using a semistructured interview guide. The results were grouped into three categories for analysis. We conclude that most children and teens do not have healthy eating habits and physical activity practice with low frequency.Keywords: Family Health, Health Education, Obesity, Health Promotion.Actuación del Programa de Educación para el Trabajo- PET Salud de la Familia: Evaluación Multidisciplinar del Estado Nutricional de Escolares.Resumen: El objetivo deste estudio fue identificar los niños y adolescentes con edad entre 9 y 14 años con potencial alteración en el grado de nutrición. Se realizo un estudio exploratorio y discriptivo con abordagen cuantitativa y cualitativa articulado con la metodología de Paulo Freire. Fue colectado dados antropometricos, y después clasificados según el gráfico de la WHO (2007) fuerón realizados ocho visitas domiciliares se utilizando un guión de entrevista semiestruturado. Los resultados fuerón agrupados en tres categorías para análisis. Se percibió que la mayor parte de los niños y adolescentes no tienen hábitos alimentares saludables y que pratican activdades físicas con baja frecuencia. Palabras Clave: Salud en la Familia, Educación en Salud, Obesidad, Promoción de la salud.

scholarly journals The power-trust cycle in global health: Trust as belonging in relations of dependency

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Emma-Louise Anderson ◽  
Laura Considine ◽  
Amy S. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Global Health Initiatives ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Power Trust ◽  
Trust And Power ◽  
Positive Health Outcomes ◽  
Exercise Of Discretion ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Trust between actors is vital to delivering positive health outcomes, while relationships of power determine health agendas, whose voices are heard and who benefits from global health initiatives. However, the relationship between trust and power has been neglected in the literatures on both international politics and global health. We examine this relationship through a study of relations between faith based organisations (FBO) and donors in Malawi and Zambia, drawing on 66 key informant interviews with actors central to delivering health care. From these two cases we develop an understanding of ‘trust as belonging’, which we define as the exercise of discretion accompanied by the expression of shared identities. Trust as belonging interacts with power in what we term the ‘power-trust cycle’, in which various forms of power undergird trust, and trust augments these forms of power. The power-trust cycle has a critical bearing on global health outcomes, affecting the space within which both local and international actors jockey to influence the ideologies that underpin global health, and the distribution of crucial resources. We illustrate how the power-trust cycle can work in both positive and negative ways to affect possible cooperation, with significant implications for collective responses to global health challenges.

scholarly journals Predictors of COVID-19-Related Perceived Improvements in Dietary Health: Results from a US Cross-Sectional Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 2097
Author(s):  
Kelly Cosgrove ◽  
Christopher Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Survey Responses

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in substantial lifestyle changes. No US study has identified predictors of perceived dietary healthfulness changes during the pandemic period. This study included analyses of lifestyle and dietary healthfulness changes using 958 survey responses from US primary household food purchasers. Information was collected related to demographics, COVID-19-related household changes, and health-related habits before and during the pandemic. Binary logistic regression identified predictors of perceived increase in dietary healthfulness during the pandemic period. Overall, 59.8%, 16.4%, and 23.4% of participants reported that their eating habits likely changed, may have changed, and likely did not change, respectively. Of the participants whose dietary habits likely or may have changed, 64.1%, 16.8%, and 19% reported healthier, neither healthier nor less healthy, and less healthy eating habits, respectively. COVID-19-related income loss, more meals consumed with household members in front of the television, an increase in food advertisement exposure, increased perceived stress, and better perceived current health were significant predictors of a perceived increase in dietary healthfulness. Overall, dietary habits were perceived to become healthier during the pandemic. The predictors of perceived improvement in dietary healthfulness were surprising and indicate the need for further study of these factors in crisis and noncrisis situations.

scholarly journals Body Mass, Physical Activity and Eating Habits Changes during the First COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5682
Author(s):  
Hubert Dobrowolski ◽  
Dariusz Włodarek
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Impact

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a number of changes in social life around the world. In response to the growing number of infections, some countries have introduced restrictions that may have resulted in the change of the lifestyle. The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of the lockdown on body weight, physical activity and some eating habits of the society. The survey involving 183 people was conducted using a proprietary questionnaire. The mean age of the study participants was 33 ± 11 and mean height 169 ± 8 cm. An average increase in body weight was observed in 49.18% by 0.63 ± 3.7 kg which was the result of a decrease in physical activity and an increase in food consumption. We also observed a decrease in PAL from 1.64 ± 0.15 to 1.58 ± 0.13 and changes in the amount of food and individual groups of products consumption, including alcohol. Among the study participants who did not lose body mass, there was an average weight gain of 2.25 ± 2.5 kg. In conclusion, an increase of weight was shown in about half of the respondents in the study group which was associated with a decrease in physical activity and an increase in the consumption of total food and high energy density products.

When Religion Hurts: Structural Sexism and Health in Religious Congregations

2021 ◽  
pp. 000312242199668
Author(s):  
Patricia Homan ◽  
Amy Burdette
Keyword(s):  
General Social Survey ◽  
State Level ◽  
Religious Participation ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Positive Health Outcomes ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

An emerging line of research has begun to document the relationship between structural sexism and health. This work shows that structural sexism—defined as systematic gender inequality in power and resources—within U.S. state-level institutions and within marriages can shape individuals’ physical health. In the present study, we use a novel dataset created by linking two nationally representative surveys (the General Social Survey and the National Congregations Study) to explore the health consequences of structural sexism within another setting: religious institutions. Although religious participation is generally associated with positive health outcomes, many religious institutions create and reinforce a high degree of structural sexism, which is harmful for health. Prior research has not reconciled these seemingly conflicting patterns. We find that among religious participants, women who attend sexist religious institutions report significantly worse self-rated health than do those who attend more inclusive congregations. Furthermore, only women who attend inclusive religious institutions exhibit a health advantage relative to non-participants. We observe marginal to no statistically significant effects among men. Our results suggest the health benefits of religious participation do not extend to groups that are systematically excluded from power and status within their religious institutions.

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