scholarly journals Dissatisfaction with Body Weight among Polish Adolescents Is Related to Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2658
Author(s):  
Agata Wawrzyniak ◽  
Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak ◽  
Anna Harton ◽  
Ewa Lange ◽  
Wacław Laskowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
School Students ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Weight Satisfaction ◽  
Body Weight Status

The aims of the study were to determine the socio-demographic factors that may affect body weight dissatisfaction and to analyze the relationship between eating habits and dissatisfaction with body weight among a national random sample of Polish adolescents aged 13–19 years. Data on gender, age, level of education, body weight status, screen time, body weight satisfaction and selected nutritional behaviors were collected using a questionnaire. Body mass status was assessed based on weight and height measurements. A total of 14,044 students from 207 schools participated in the study. A significant effect of gender, age, level of education, body weight status and screen time status on the participants’ dissatisfaction with the body weight was observed. The greater prevalence of body weight satisfaction was observed among boys, younger subjects, secondary school students, adolescents with normal body weight status and those with screen time up to 2 h. Whereas girls, older study participants (17–19 years old), overweight/obese adolescents and subjects with screen time over 4 h were more often dissatisfied with body weight. Furthermore, it has been shown that participants dissatisfied with their body weight less often met dietary recommendations. These findings can help dietitians, nutritionists and healthcare professionals to provide age-specific and gender-specific nutrition strategies to promote healthy lifestyle among school-going adolescents.

Healthier Lifestyle for Girls Who Accumulate More Years in the FitSpirit School-Based Intervention

2020 ◽  
pp. 155982762096476
Author(s):  
Roseane de Fátima Guimarães ◽  
Jo-Anne Gilbert ◽  
Vicky Drapeau ◽  
Marie-Eve Mathieu
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
School Based Intervention ◽  
School Based ◽  
Body Weight Status

The main aim was to verify in a group of adolescent girls undergoing a school-based intervention if the number of years of participation in the intervention is related to healthy lifestyle habits, body weight status, and perceived health. Cross-sectional analysis of the FitSpirit data was performed. Body mass index, lifestyle variables, and perceived health were collected through an online questionnaire. Chi-square test, Fisher’s test, and ANOVA were performed. Mean age of the 272 girls was 14.7 ± 1.5 years. Higher percentage of girls with 3 or more years of participation met the recommendations for physical activity (PA) and sleep duration ( P < .05). Girls who participated ≥3 years showed higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous PA than girls with 1 and 2 years of participation ( P < .01). No differences were found between the number of years of participation and body mass index, screen time, fruit/vegetable consumption, or perceived health. A healthier body weight status and following recommendations for healthier habits (PA, screen time, sleep, fruit/vegetable consumption) were related to better perceived health ( P < .05). Girls with more years in FitSpirit had healthier lifestyle habits (PA and sleep) compared to those with fewer years. A healthier body weight status and meeting healthy lifestyle recommendations were related to better perceived health.

scholarly journals Parental Correlates of Body Weight Status Among High School Students in Tehran

2017 ◽  
Vol Inpress (Inpress) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Jalali-Farahani ◽  
Yit Siew Chin ◽  
Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib ◽  
Parisa Amiri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
School Students ◽  
Body Weight Status

scholarly journals Body weight status is not a predictive factor of depressive symptoms in Polish adolescents aged 13-18 years

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
Sylwia Trambacz-Oleszak ◽  
Alicja Krzyżaniak ◽  
Ineza Szafrańska-Komarowska ◽  
Maria Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Body Height ◽  
The Body ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Weight Status

Abstract Depression and unhealthy weight status are among the most common concerns in adolescent boys and girls. Research results on the relationship between depression and weight status are contradictory. The aim of the present study was to assess the association between body weight status and depressive symptoms among Polish adolescent boys and girls. The cross-sectional survey was carried out on adolescents attending lower and higher secondary schools located in three medium-sized cities and one big agglomeration in Poland. Anthropometric measurements, such as body height and weight, were performed. Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) was used to assess depressive symptoms. The total sample consisted of 624 boys and 910 girls aged 13-18 (the mean age was 16.4 ± 1.8) participated in the study. Of them, 73.3% had a healthy weight status, 12.9% were classified as thin, 11.4% were overweight and 2.5% were obese. The prevalence of depression based on BDI-II was 20.2% in boys and 34.9% in girls. The Kruskal–Wallis test revealed a lack of association between the body weight status and total scores of depressive symptoms after controlling for age (p=0.98 and p=0.4 for boys and girls, respectively). The multiple regression analysis revealed that gender and age differentiated the depressive symptoms (for gender: ß=0.19; SE=0.38; p<0.001 and for age: ß=0.05; SE=0.1; p<0.05). Age and gender explained 3.5% of the total variance of depressive symptoms. The study did not confirm the association between the body weight status and depression in adolescence.

Severe obesity increases the prevalence but not the incidence of depressive symptoms in the elderly-population-based cohort in Southern Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1307-1316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Fernanda Goes ◽  
Elisabeth Wazlawik ◽  
Eleonora D'Orsi ◽  
David Alejandro González-Chica
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Population Based ◽  
The Body ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Prevalence Odds Ratio ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Severely Obese

ABSTRACTBackground:The relation between body weight status and depressive symptoms in the elderly differs according to age and country of origin. The goal of this study was to analyze the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and depressive symptoms in the elderly.Methods:A population-based cohort study of 1,702 elderly individuals (70.6+8.0 years) in Southern Brazil evaluated in 2009/10 and 2013/14 was accessed. The body weight status was assessed using measured data of BMI and WC. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) was used to determine depressive symptoms. Logistic regression analysis adjusted for sociodemographic and behavioral variables was performed.Results:The prevalence of depressive symptoms in 2009/10 was 23.3% (95% CI 20.3–26.6) and the cumulative incidence in the 4-years period was 10.9% (95% CI 8.7–13.6). Elderly people with obesity class II–III and WC in the highest quartile had higher prevalence odds ratio of being depressed than individuals with normal weight or WC in the lower quartile (OR 2.34; 95% CI 1.42–3.87 and OR 1.73; 95% CI 1.13–2.65, respectively). Meanwhile, intermediary values of BMI and WC were associated with a lower prevalence. When evaluating the incidence of depressive symptoms, overweight individuals and those in the second quartile of WC had a lower risk (58% and 57%, respectively), but severely obese individuals had the same risk compared to those with normal BMI/WC.Conclusions:Severely obese individuals presented a similar incidence of depressive symptoms compared to those with normal BMI/WC, but higher prevalence. Intermediary values of body weight status decrease the risk of depressive symptoms.

scholarly journals Reduced Screen Time is Associated with Healthy Dietary Behaviors but Not Body Weight Status among Polish Adolescents. Report from the Wise Nutrition—Healthy Generation Project

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak ◽  
Anna Harton ◽  
Ewa Lange ◽  
Wacław Laskowski ◽  
Agata Wawrzyniak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Dietary Behaviors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Drinking Milk

Screen time (ST) not only affects physical activity but can also be associated with dietary behaviors. Both of these factors determine the health and development of adolescents. The aims of the study were: 1. to analyze the relationship between ST and nutritional behaviors among adolescents; 2. to examine this association in relation to body weight status. Data on the ST duration and nutritional behaviors were collected using a questionnaire. Body mass status was assessed based on weight and height measurements. A total of 14,044 students aged 13–19 years old from 207 schools participated in the study. A significant relationship between ST and gender, age and type of school was observed, but not body weight status. The average ST duration increased with age (from 2.6 h among 13 years old to 3.2 h among 19 years old), and was significantly higher among boys in all age categories (2.7 h vs. 2.5 h in the youngest age group, and 3.5 h vs. 3.0 h in the oldest age group, respectively). The chance for meeting the recommendation for ST in a group of girls (regardless of age) was almost 50% higher compared to boys. Meeting ST recommendation (≤2 h) was associated with a greater odds ratio for favorable nutritional behaviors in the whole group, with exception of drinking milk or milk beverages, and significantly reduced the odds ratio of adverse dietary behaviors (drinking sweet beverages, consumption of sweets and fast food) in the whole group and by gender. More research is needed to clarify the possible cause-and-effect relationships between ST and dietary behaviors.

Relationship between Severe Early Childhood Caries and Body Mass Index

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Bhoomika ◽  
Ramakrishna Y ◽  
AK Munshi
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Severe Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Childhood Caries

Aim: This study was undertaken to evaluate the relationship between Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and Body Mass Index (BMI) in the absence of any underlying medical condition for the school going (3 to 6 years old) children of Mathura city, India. Method: One hundred caries free children (50 boys and 50 girls) and one hundred children (50 boys and 50 girls) affected with S-ECC in the age range of 3-6 years without any contributing medical history were included in the study. Measurements of the weight (kg) and height (m) were done using a standard balanced beam scale and stadiometer. The BMI (kg/m2) was determined and the body weight status was evaluated using CDC based classification for each child. Independent t-test was used to evaluate whether the weight, height and BMI of S-ECC children is significantly different from caries free children. Result: Although the weight of the S-ECC children is more when compared to the normal children, the difference is not statistically significant. However, the mean BMI of S-ECC children is more when compared to the caries free children which was found to be statistically significant at p&lt;0.05. The body weight status of the Normal and S-ECC affected children based on the CDC classification revealed that 48% have been classified in underweight category and 43% in normal weight category and very few children are found to be at risk of overweight and overweight. Conclusions: A positive correlation between the BMI and S-ECC was observed in this study. 51% of caries free children and 45% of S-ECC children were classified in underweight category based on CDC classification.

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