scholarly journals Nutritional Status among the Urban Meitei Children and Adolescents of Manipur, Northeast India

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maibam Samson Singh ◽  
R. K. Neeta Devi
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Emotional Factor ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Children And Adolescent

Purpose. To determine the nutritional status (underweight and overweight) among Meitei children and adolescents. Methods. Cross-sectional data on 854 subjects (384 boys and 470 girls) were collected during the months of May 2009 to August 2009 following house-to-house survey. An anthropometric rod and a weighing scale were used to measure height and weight. The presence of underweight and overweight has been evaluated using the international cutoff points for children and adolescents. MS-Excel software was used for all statistical analyses. Results. A high prevalence of underweight (30.21%) and overweight (3.12%) in the present study was found among children and adolescent boys, respectively. Among girls, the prevalence of both underweight (33.86%) and overweight (5.18%) was reported higher among children than adolescents, and the differences in the distribution were significant at 0.05 levels. The overall prevalence of underweight (28.29%) was found more or less the same among boys and girls, but overweight (5.10%) was reported higher among girls than boys (2.34%). Conclusion. The possible reasons for both forms of malnutrition among Meitei children and adolescents could be traced through poverty, low dietary intake, socioeconomic condition, nutrition transition, and changing lifestyles. The other possible reasons could be due to peer pressure, eating habits, or emotional factor.

scholarly journals Do supermarkets contribute to the obesity pandemic in developing countries?

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 3224-3233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon C Kimenju ◽  
Ramona Rischke ◽  
Stephan Klasen ◽  
Matin Qaim
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Buying In

AbstractObjectiveMany developing countries are undergoing a nutrition transition with rising rates of overweight and obesity. This nutrition transition coincides with a rapid expansion of supermarkets. The objective of the present research is to study whether supermarkets directly contribute to overweight and other changes in nutritional status.DesignThis research builds on cross-sectional observational data. Household- and individual-level data were collected in Kenya using a quasi-experimental survey design. Instrumental variable regressions were employed to analyse the impact of supermarket purchase on nutritional status. Causal chain models were estimated to examine pathways through which supermarkets affect nutrition.SettingSmall towns in Central Province of Kenya with and without supermarkets.SubjectsA total of 615 adults and 216 children and adolescents.ResultsControlling for other factors, buying in a supermarket is associated with a significantly higher BMI (P=0·018) and a higher probability of overweight (P=0·057) among adults. This effect is not observed for children and adolescents. Instead, buying in a supermarket seems to reduce child undernutrition measured by height-for-age Z-score (P=0·017). Impacts of supermarkets depend on many factors including people’s initial nutritional status. For both adults and children, the nutrition effects occur through higher food energy consumption and changes in dietary composition.ConclusionsSupermarkets and their food sales strategies contribute to changing food consumption habits and nutritional outcomes. Yet the types of outcomes differ by age cohort and initial nutritional status. Simple conclusions on whether supermarkets are good or bad for nutrition and public health are not justified.

scholarly journals Nutritional status of school going children and adolescents aged 9-13 years at Haldia in West Bengal, India

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Sudip Datta Banik ◽  
Soumita Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Children And Adolescent ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Conicity Index ◽  
Age And Sex

Background Malnutrition in children and adolescents is a global problem. In developing nations of Africa and Southeast Asia, the prevalence of undernutrition in children is very high. There is scanty data 'With respect to the nutritional status of school going children and adolescents, especially from sub􀁉urban and rural areas in India.Objective A study was undertaken among boys (n = 174) and girls (n = 128) aged 9􀁉 13 years in a sub􀁉urban area of Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal in India to understand age and sex variation of nutritional status of the subjects.Methods A cross􀁉sectional study among the school􀁉going children and adolescent aged 9􀁉 13 years was done during June􀁉September 2009 in Haldia.Results Age and sex variation of anthropometric characteristics (body mass index or BMI and conicity index or CI) revealed that remarkable sections of both the sexes were suffering from underweight (8.30%), stunting (14.60%) and wasting (2.80%). Significant sex differences were observed in cases of mean CI (P=O.OO1), weight􀁉for􀁉age z􀁉score (P = 0.0001) and weight-for-height ,-score (P 􀀂 0.0001).Discussion Besides notable prevalence of under nutrition in both sexes, situation of the girls is worse (underweight - 11.70% and stunting - 21.10%) compared to the boys. This is most evident among the subjects of both sexes aged 11 and 12 years.   

scholarly journals Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 377
Author(s):  
Elida Sina ◽  
Christoph Buck ◽  
Wolfgang Ahrens ◽  
Stefaan De Henauw ◽  
Hannah Jilani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Taste Preferences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Game Console

Digital media (DM) influences children’s food choice. We aim to investigate associations between DM use and taste preferences (TP) for sweet, fatty, bitter, and salty in European children and adolescents. Individuals aged 6–17 years (N = 7094) providing cross-sectional data for DM use: television (TV), computer/game console (PC), smartphone and internet, were included. Children (6 to <12 years) and adolescents (≥12 years) completed a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire; scores were calculated for sweet, fatty, salty and bitter preference and categorized (high vs. low). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios as association measures between DM exposure and TP. On average, individuals used media for 2.4 h/day (SD = 1.7). Increasing exposures to DM were associated positively with sweet, fatty and salty TP, while inversely with bitter preference. In female adolescents, DM exposure for >2 h/day was associated with sweet (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.02–1.57) and fatty preference (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.10–1.70). Internet exposure was inversely associated with bitter preference, notably in male adolescents (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.50–0.84), but positively associated with salty preference (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.02–1.64). DM exposure was associated with sweet, fatty, salty and bitter TP in children and adolescents, serving as the basis for future longitudinal studies to shed light on the underlying mechanism by which DM exposure may determine eating habits.

scholarly journals Nutritional Status Disorders in Student Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Djordje Stevanovic ◽  
Mina Poskurica ◽  
Jovan Jovanovic ◽  
Miodrag Sreckovic ◽  
Vladimir Zdravkovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Regular Physical Activity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Obesity is a global health problem associated with numerous pathological conditions. Unhealthy eating habits and the lack of regular physical activity are considered the most common cause of disordered nutritional status. The aim of the research was to determine the nutritional status in student population and the predictors which determine this condition. The cross-sectional study was conducted on 262 students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Kragujevac (130 males and 132 females). Body weight and height, body mass index (BMI) and visceral fat (VF) were measured. Each respondent completed a specially designed questionnaire considering sociodemographic data, eating habits and physical activity. The majority of students have normal BMI values (75.6%), 5.3% were classified as underweight, 14.9% as over-weight and 4.3% as obese. Normal VF values were found in 93.1% of subjects, while high in 5.7% and very high in 1.1%. A statistically significant difference in BMI and VF values was found between male and female gender (24.41 vs. 21.05, Sig = 0.000 and 5.47 vs. 3.07, Sig = 0.000, respectively), as well as between students of the first 4 and the last 2 years of study (Sig = 0.019 and 0.000 respectively). Unhealthy eating habits, such as the consumption of sweets, snacks, fast foods and white bread, and the absence of regular physical activity were statistically more present in overweight/obese respondents. Given the significant presence of pre-obesity/obesity in the examined population, corrective measures should be taken in this population in order to avoid a major health problem in the future.

scholarly journals Evaluación Nutricional en preescolares atendidos en el Hospital de Manglaralto, Santa Elena / Nutritional Evaluation of pre-school children attended in Manglaralto Hospital, Santa Elena province

Ciencia Unemi ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Yumy Fernandez Velez ◽  
Angel Caballero Torres ◽  
Katiuska Mederos Mollineda
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Diarrheal Disease ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nutritional Evaluation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Poverty And Health ◽  
Santa Elena

Con el objetivo de analizar los hábitos alimentarios, actividad física y estado nutricional de 514 niñas y niños en edades de 3 a 5 años, se realizó una investigación de corte transversal descriptiva, no experimental, y documental con técnicas cualitativas y cuantitativas para la descripción de los datos e informaciones encontradas, la cual permitió construir la labor técnica Se trabajó con encuestas, mensuraciones antropométricas e investigaciones bioquímicas (hemoglobina) en una muestra de la población atendida en la consulta ambulatoria del Hospital Manglaralto, provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador, 2014. Se clasificó a los preescolares en desnutridos, normopeso, sobrepeso y obeso, además de identificar la existencia de anemia. Se buscó la asociación con los hábitos alimentarios, acceso y disponibilidad de alimentos, el nivel de cultura alimentaria y escolar, pobreza económica y educación sanitaria de las familias de los preescolares. Se encontró un 44.5% de desnutridos y 0,7% con sobrepeso, además de 81.7% con anemia. Se detectó asociación entre desnutrición y anemia en más de la tercera parte de la población estudiada, además de estar asociada la presentación de Infección Respiratoria Aguda y Enfermedad Diarreica Aguda con la desnutrición y la anemia. En la población estudiada existe correspondencia entre el estado nutricional y los determinantes estudiados. AbstractA cross-sectional descriptive piece of research was conducted in order to document the eating habits, physical activity and nutritional status of 514 children aged 3-5 years. Both Qualitative and quantitative techniques were used to describe the data and information found; surveys, anthropometric evaluations and biochemical investigations (hemoglobin) were carried out on a sample of the population treated at the outpatient clinic of Manglaralto Hospital in Santa Elena province, Ecuador during 2014. Preschool children were classified as malnourished, normal weight, overweight and obese, and the existence of anemia was also identified. The data was studied to observe associations between eating habits, access to and availability of food, the level of culture in terms of diet and education, economic poverty and health education for families of preschoolers. It was found that 44.5% of the group were malnourished, 0.7% overweight, and 81.7% suffered from anemia. An association was found between malnutrition and anemia in more than a third of the population studied, with a further association between both conditions and acute respiratory infections and diarrheal disease. In the population there is a relationship between nutritional status and determining variables studied.

scholarly journals Nutritional status of Tunisian adolescents: associated gender, environmental and socio-economic factors

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1306-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri ◽  
Habiba Ben Romdhane ◽  
Pierre Traissac ◽  
Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay ◽  
Francis Delpeuch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Abdominal Obesity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Cross Sectional

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the nutritional status of Tunisian adolescents and associated factors.DesignA cross-sectional study based on a national stratified random cluster sample.Subjects and methodsIn all, 1295 boys and 1577 girls aged 15–19 years, of whom 28·4 % had already left school. Socio-economic characteristics of the parents, anthropometric measurements, food behaviours and physical activity of the adolescents were recorded during home visits.ResultsPrevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity (WHO/National Center for Health Statistics reference) were, respectively, 8·1 %, 17·4 % and 4·1 % among boys and 1·3 %, 20·7 % and 4·4 % among girls; abdominal obesity was highly prevalent among both sexes. Prevalence of overweight differed by region (from 11·5 % to 22·2 %) and was higher in urban v. rural areas for males (21·7 % v. 10·4 %) but not for females (21·7 % v. 19·2 %). These differences were partially mediated by socio-economic and lifestyle factors for males. For females, influence of cultural factors is hypothesised. In rural areas, overweight was more prevalent among boys of higher economic level households, having a working mother or a sedentary lifestyle; for girls, prevalence increased with the level of education of the mother. In urban areas, prevalence of overweight was related to eating habits: it was higher for boys with irregular snacking habits and for girls skipping daily meals. Urban girls having left school were also more overweight.ConclusionOverweight and abdominal obesity in late adolescence have become a true public health problem in Tunisia with the combined effects of cultural tradition for girls in rural areas, and of rapid economic development for boys and girls in cities.

scholarly journals Thinness as Major Underlying Problem Among Adolescents of Northeast India

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
S Model ◽  
Model Approach

Background: Undernutrition is a major public health concern in many of the developing countries of Asia. Due to immense population size, socioeconomic disparities, illiteracy and inadequate access to health facilities prevalence is very high in India. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of age-sex specific thinness (low BMI-for-age) among adolescents residing in rural regions in India. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study has conducted among 1165 adolescent (602 boys; 563 girls) aged 10-18 years of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. Anthropometric measurements were height and weight obtained and BMI (weight/height2, kg/ m2) was calculated. The prevalence of thinness was assessed using newly proposed age-sex specific cut-offs of Cole et al. The data were analyzed using chi-square, ANOVA and Least Mean and Square (L,M and S) model approach. Results: Prevalence of overall thinness is 49.10% (51.16% boys, 46.89% girls) among rural adolescents. The boys are found to be more sufferer than girls in the different thinness grades include mild (grade I; 27.41% vs. 27.11%), moderate (grade II; 14.62% vs. 12.08%) and severe (grade III; 9.14% vs. 8.70%) (p>0.05). The age and sex specific smooth percentile curves of BMI were derived using L,M and S model approach for further evaluation of nutritional status. Conclusion: The existence of high prevalence of thinness among adolescents indicates nutritional deprivation among rural Indian adolescents. There is an urgent need of appropriate nutritional intervention program to address the public health problem related to undernutrition especially among nutritionally vulnerable segments of adolescents residing in rural regions to ameliorate the nutritional status DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i1.8922    J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2014;34(1):39-47

scholarly journals FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelbe Nesi Santana ◽  
Célia Regina Moutinho de Miranda Chaves ◽  
Christine Pereira Gonçalves ◽  
Saint Clair dos Santos Gomes Junior
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Clinical Status ◽  
Forced Expiratory Volume ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Function Test

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the association between quality of life, functional capacity and clinical and nutritional status in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF). Methods: Cross-sectional study, including patients from eight to 18 years old with CF. Quality of life, functional capacity, nutritional status and clinical status were evaluated with the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire; the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and manual gripping force (MGF); the height percentiles for age and body mass index for age and respiratory function test, respectively. Pearson and Spearman correlation tests and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Results: A total of 45 patients, 13.4±0.5 years old, 60% female, 60% colonized by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 57.8% with at least one F508del mutation participated in the study. When assessing the perception of quality of life, the weight domain reached the lowest values, and the digestive domain, the highest. In the pulmonary function test, the forced expiratory volume of the first second was 77.3±3.3% and the 6MWT and MGF presented values within the normal range. There was an association between quality of life and functional capacity, nutritional status and clinical status of CF patients. Conclusions: The study participants had good clinical conditions and satisfactory values of functional capacity and quality of life. The findings reinforce that the assessment of quality of life may be important for clinical practice in the management of treatment.

scholarly journals Nutritional status assessment among medical students in Gujarat

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1269
Author(s):  
Gaurav J. Desai ◽  
Pranay A. Jadav ◽  
Priya B. Savsani ◽  
Pramod B. Verma
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family History Of Diabetes ◽  
College Life ◽  
Waist Hip Ratio ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Study Participants

Background: India is facing nutrition transition. Period of college life is the phase was healthy and unhealthy diet habits takes place. The present study was aimed to study nutritional status among students of a medical college.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the 254 students of a medical college attached with the civil hospital Gandhinagar over a period of six months. Pre-tested, semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic information. Anthropometric examination like height, weight, BMI, waist-hip ratio was done according to WHO criteria. Data were analysed with Epi info 7.Results: Among 254 study participants, 159 (62.60%) were female and 99 (33.40%) were males. Obesity according to waist-hip ratio is significantly higher in females as compared to males Physical activities are significantly higher in females as compared to males in present study (p<0.05). Family history of diabetes and hypertension were also significantly higher in females as compared to males.Conclusions: Obesity according to Weight hip ratio was more in females as compared to male. Physical inactivity is also significantly higher in females. As per BMI undernutrition was also prevalent in the study participants. 

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