scholarly journals Body Weight Status and Dietary Intakes of Urban Malay Primary School Children: Evidence from the Family Diet Study

Children ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Yang ◽  
Tracy Burrows ◽  
Lesley MacDonald-Wicks ◽  
Lauren Williams ◽  
Clare Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Diet Study

The Family Diet Study: a cross-sectional study into the associations between diet, food habits and body weight status in Malay families

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Y. Yang ◽  
T. Burrows ◽  
L. MacDonald-Wicks ◽  
L. T. Williams ◽  
C. E. Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Diet Study

scholarly journals Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School Children Aged 8–13 Years in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail N. Pangani ◽  
Festus K. Kiplamai ◽  
Jane W. Kamau ◽  
Vincent O. Onywera
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background. The understanding of obesity as a growing health problem in Africa and Tanzania in particular is hampered by lack of data as well as sociocultural beliefs in which overweight and obesity are revered. This study sought to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children aged 8–13 years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Method. A cross-sectional analytical research design was used to study overweight and obesity in primary schools in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The target population was 150,000 children aged 8–13 years. Stratified random sampling was used to select 1781 children. Weight and height were taken and WHO standards for children were used to determine weight status.Results. Findings showed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 15.9% and 6.7%, respectively (N=1781). However, 6.2% of the children were underweight. There were significant differences in mean BMI between children in private and public schools (p=0.021), between male and female (p<0.001), and across age groups of 8–10 and 11–13 years (p<0.001).Conclusion. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children is significant and requires management and prevention strategies.

scholarly journals Comparison of Dietary Micronutrient Intakes by Body Weight Status among Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic Black Women Aged 19–39 Years: An Analysis of NHANES 2003–2014

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jialiang Liu ◽  
Xiangzhu Zhu ◽  
Kimberly G. Fulda ◽  
Shande Chen ◽  
Meng-Hua Tao
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Calcium And Magnesium

The objective of the current study was to examine micronutrient intake from foods in women of childbearing age and to better understand potential nutritional problems varied by body weight status in minority women. A sample of women aged 19–39 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 2003–2014 was analyzed. Dietary intakes of 13 micronutrients were estimated using the National Cancer Institute method. Mexican-American and non-Hispanic Black women were categorized into normal/under-weight, overweight, or obese groups according to their body mass index (BMI). Mexican-American and non-Hispanic Black women had lower dietary intakes for vitamins A, B2, B6, B12, and D, folate, calcium, and magnesium than non-Hispanic Whites. Among Mexican-Americans, obese women had the lowest dietary intake of vitamins A, B2, C and D. Obese non-Hispanic Black women had significantly lower dietary intakes of iron and zinc than their normal/under-weight counterparts. Comparable percentages (>30%) of Mexican-American and non-Hispanic Black women had dietary intake less than the Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) for several key nutrients including vitamin A, C and D, folate, calcium and magnesium, and the percentages varied by body weight status. These results indicate micronutrient inadequacies persist among and within racial/ethnic and body weight groups.

Associations between inhibitory control and body weight in German primary school children

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Wirt ◽  
Verena Hundsdörfer ◽  
Anja Schreiber ◽  
Dorothea Kesztyüs ◽  
Jürgen M. Steinacker
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children
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