Examination Of The Relationship Between Sustainable Nutritional Behaviors With Nutritional Knowledge Level And Body Mass Index

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Gökçen ÖZÜPEK ◽  
Müge ARSLAN

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between sustainable nutrition behaviors, nutritional knowledge levels and body mass index (BMI) of the students of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Materials and Methods: A survey consisting of sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional status, questions about sustainable nutrition, frequency of food consumption and general nutrition knowledge questionnaire scale was applied to a total of 190 students studying at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Istanbul Aydın University. Results: This study consisted of 190 students, 8.9% male and 91.1% female, with a mean age of 21.32±2.832 years. The rate of being overweight for male students is higher than female students (p<0.05). Majority of the students skip meals (p>0.05) and the most skipped main and snack meals is lunch (p>0.05) and mid-morning meal (p<0.05). The majority of students have heard the concept of sustainable nutrition (p<0.05), and have heard it mostly by a dietitian/nutritionist (p>0.05). Most of the students think that sustainable nutrition has a positive effect on health and economy (p>0.05). Students believe that sustainable nutrition is more suitable for healthy adults (p>0.05) and is applied due to environmental health protection (biodiversity and natural habitats) (p>0.05). Students think that the content of sustainable nutrition is mostly vegetables and fruits (p>0.05) and sustainable nutrition can contribute to agricultural economy, farmer income (p<0.05) and consumer consciousness (p>0.05). In sustainable food supply and consumption, students pay attention the most that packaged products is not damaged/opened/deformed (p>0.05). Students support the most seasonal food sales among sustainable food production incentive plans (p>0.05). The general nutritional knowledge levels of students with underweight is found to be higher (p>0.05). Conclusion: Students' level of hearing the concept of sustainable nutrition and their general nutritional knowledge status is high. Students with low BMI have higher nutritional knowledge levels.

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Laurensi Meity Sasube ◽  
Aldian Hein Luntungan

Children in urban area tend to abandon healthy diet, since there are a lot of fast food options available around. In general, children valued the importance of nutrition, but they did not concern the health benefit of foods in food selections. Their dietary quality was not satisfactory, and the diet of most children did not meet the recommended serving requirements for vegetable, fruit, cereal and milk. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship among Nutrition knowledge, vegetables diet and Nutritional Status of Elementary Students at Don Bosco Catholic School Manado. This is a cross sectional study in which we explored the nutritional status of Don Bosco Elementary Students based on nutrition knowledge, vegetable diet and Body Mass Index with questionnaire instrument, anthropometric measurements from June to August 2019. The nutritional status of Don Bosco Elementary School students based on body mass index (BMI) shows that students with normal and overweight nutritional status share an equal comparison that is 1:1 (50%), while the level of student knowledge about nutrition was dominated by students with poor knowledge that is 67.7%. This is also in line with the pattern of vegetables consuming which is also poor at 56.3%. Based on the results of Chi-Square analysis there is no significant relationship between the levels of nutritional knowledge of students with vegetable consumption patterns. Conversely, there is no relationship between the levels of nutritional knowledge of students with nutritional status based on Body Mass Index (BMI).


1970 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
S Jahan ◽  
TR Das ◽  
KB Biswas

Background and Aims: Cord blood leptin may reflect the leptinemic status of a newborn at birth more accurately than the leptin values of blood collected from other sites. The present study was undertaken to determine the relationship of cord serum leptin concentration at birth with neonatal and maternal anthropometric parameters. Materials and Methods: Blood was taken from the umbilical cord of the babies at delivery. Maternal anthropometric measurements were recorded at admission for delivery. Neonatal anthropometric measurements were recorded within 48 hours after delivery. Linear regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between cord serum leptin concentration and anthropometric parameters of the baby and the mother. Both Serum leptin and serum C-peptide levels were measured by chemiluminescence-based ELISA method. Results: The leptin concentration (ng/ml, mean±SD) in cord blood was 39.13±14.44. Cord leptin levels correlated with birth weight (r=0.673, p<0.0001), ponderal index (r=0.732, p<0.0001) but it did not correlate with maternal body mass index, gestational age (r=0.135, p=0.349) at delivery or cord serum C-peptide concentration (r=-0.049, p=0.735) or placental weight (r=0.203, p=0.157). Conclusion: There are associations between cord leptin concentration at delivery and birth weight, ponderal index (PI) of the babies but not body mass index (BMI) of the mothers. High leptin levels of the baby could represent an important feedback modulator of substrate supply and subsequently for adipose tissue status during late gestation. (J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2007; 25 : 9-13)


Author(s):  
Ana P. Sehn ◽  
Anelise R. Gaya ◽  
Caroline Brand ◽  
Arieli F. Dias ◽  
Roya Kelishadi ◽  
...  

AbstractObjectivesThe combination of sleep duration, television (TV) time and body mass index (BMI) may be related to the alteration of cardiometabolic risk. However, there are few studies that use these variables grouped, and showing the moderating role of age. This study aimed to verify if the combination of sleep duration, TV time and BMI is associated with cardiometabolic risk and the moderating role of age in this relationship in youth.MethodsCross-sectional study conducted with 1411 adolescents (611 male), aged 10–17 years. Sleep duration, TV time and BMI were assessed and grouped into eight categories. Cardiometabolic risk was assessed by a continuous metabolic risk score, including the following variables: low HDL-cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, dysglycemia, high systolic blood pressure, high waist circumference and low cardiorespiratory fitness. Generalized linear models were used to test moderation of age in the relationship between the eight categories of sleep duration/television time/BMI with cardiometabolic risk.ResultsCardiometabolic risk factor showed association with all overweight or obesity independent of sleep time and TV time. Age moderated the relationship between sleep duration/television time/BMI with cardiometabolic risk. This association was stronger in younger adolescents (11 and 13 years), indicating that individuals with inadequate sleep, prolonged TV time and overweight/obesity present higher cardiometabolic risk values when compared to 15-year-old adolescents.ConclusionOverweight/obesity, independently of sleep duration and TV time, is the main risk factor for cardiometabolic disorders in adolescence. When moderated by age, younger adolescents that presented the combination of risk factors had higher cardiometabolic risk.


Body Image ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 185-192
Author(s):  
Arielle Horenstein ◽  
Simona C. Kaplan ◽  
Rachel M. Butler ◽  
Richard G. Heimberg

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1740.1-1740
Author(s):  
J. H. Kang ◽  
S. E. Choi ◽  
H. Xu ◽  
D. J. Park ◽  
S. S. Lee

Background:Several studies have evaluated the association between serum adiponectin levels and knee and hand osteoarthritis (OA), with mixed results.Objectives:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between OA and serum adiponectin levels according to the radiographic features of knee and hand OA.Methods:A total of 2,402 subjects were recruited from the Dong-gu Study. Baseline characteristics were collected via a questionnaire, and X-rays of knee and hand joints were scored by a semi-quantitative grading system. The relationship between serum adiponectin levels and radiographic severity was evaluated by linear regression analysis.Results:Subjects with higher tertiles of serum adiponectin were older and had a lower body mass index than those with lower tertiles. In the knee joint scores, serum adiponectin levels were positively associated with the total score (P<0.001), osteophyte score (P=0.003), and joint space narrowing (JSN) score (P<0.001) among the three tertiles after adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, education, and physical activity. In the hand joint scores, no association was found between serum adiponectin levels and the total score, osteophyte score, JSN score, subchondral cyst score, sclerosis score, erosion score, and malalignment score among the three tertiles after adjustment.Conclusion:In this study, we found that increased adiponectin levels were associated with higher radiographic scores in the knee joint, but not in the hand joint, suggesting different pathophysiologic mechanisms in the development of OA.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e0141260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Hu ◽  
Chad D. Huff ◽  
Yuko Yamamura ◽  
Xifeng Wu ◽  
Sara S. Strom

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