scholarly journals Assessment of nutritional status of the dormitory students at Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-135

The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of the dormitory students at Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City. The nutritional status was assessed based on body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and body fat percentage. Food consumption data were obtained through the application of a 24-h food recall. Socioeconomic and behavioral variables were obtained by a structured questionnaire. Results from 240 dormitory students (136 females and 104 males) showed means of BMI of 20.37 ± 2.82 kg/m2, WHR means of male and female students of 0.85 and 0.80 respectively; and the average body fat percentage was 20.13 ± 6.49%. Sixty-six percent of students were in normal health status. The proportion of students overweight-obesity was 3.75%, and greater in males higher than in females. The overall malnutrition rate was 29.59%, and greater in female students than in male students. Food consumption data obtained through the application of a 24-h food recall showed that dormitory students frequently consumed high-carbohydrates foods and low-fiber foods (fruits, fresh vegetables). Therefore, there is a need to implement health education interventions strategies to improve the nutritional status of students.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Fillah Fithra Dieny ◽  
A Fahmy Arif Tsani ◽  
Umu Faradilla ◽  
Ayu Rahadiyanti

Background: Santriwati (Islamic female student), women of reproductive age, were susceptible to experienced Chronic Energi Deficiency (CED). CED reflects the low energy availability of someone who can risk reducing bone density. Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the differences in body mass index, body fat percentage, hemoglobin levels, energy availability, and bone mineral density of female students who experienced CED risk and not experienced CED risk.Materials and Methods: The research design was a cross-sectional study, with 101 female students as subjects who were selected by random sampling. The research was conducted from February to March 2019 at the Kyai Galang Sewu Islamic Boarding School, Semarang. CED risk data was taken using the upper arm circumference measurement. Percent body fat and BMI data were taken using BIA. Energy availability data is obtained from the difference between energy intake (energy intake) and energy output (energy expenditure through physical activity) divided by Fat-Free Mass (FFM). Energy intake data was taken using the SQ-FFQ questionnaire, and energy expenditure was calculated using the 24-hour activity record form. Anemia data were collected using strip hemoglobin measurements. Bone density data were taken using the Osteosys Sonost 3000 densitometer. Bivariate analysis used the Independent T-Test.Results: A total of 57.2% of subjects experienced anemia. Subjects who had underweight nutritional status were 20.8%. Santriwati experienced osteopenia as much as 13.9%. There was no difference in bone density and hemoglobin levels between female students who were at risk of CED and not CED risk (p> 0.05), but there were differences in energy availability, body fat percentage, BMI between those at risk of CED and not CED risk (p <0.05)Conclusion: subjects at risk of CED (Lila <23.5 cm) had lower energy availability, body fat, and BMI than subjects who were not at risk of CED.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyu Wang ◽  
Mei Zhen Zhang

Objective The majority studies focused on obesity prevention on physical activity and eating behavior. However, epidemiological studies have shown that sleep duration and sleep quality could be an adjustable risk factor for obesity. The aim of this study was to examine the associations of sleep quality with different measurement of obesity in Chinese university students. Methods A total of 481 college students aged 18-25 years volunteered to participate in this study. Sleep quality was assessed by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)questionnaire. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)was used to determine the physical activity, Psychological status was assessed by Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS). Body height, weight and waist circumference are measured by a trained researcher. Body composition was evaluated by a bio-impedance device (InBody 230, South Korea). Independent sample t test was applied to compare the sleep characteristics, physical activity, obesity, depression and anxiety in different gender students. The associations among the dependent variables BMI, body fat percentage, and the independent variables age, sleep quality and sleep durations was examined using Multiple linear regression models. SPSS 22.0 (IMB SPSS Inc) was used for all statistical. Results The BMI (22.9±3.4 vs 21.6±3.2, p<0.001) of male students were significantly higher than that of female, but the percentage of body fat (18.7±6.9 vs 29.7±7.0, p<0.001) was lower than that of female. We observed a positive association between sleep quality and body fat percentage (β = 0.166, P = 0.037), and a negative association with age (β = -0.166, P = 0.008) in female students. Sleep quality was associated positively with BMI (β = 0.360, P<0.001), body fat percentage (β = 0.260, P<0.001), and age (β = 0.215, P<0.001) in male students; An inverse correlation between sleep duration and BMI (β = -0.141, P = 0.015), body fat percentage (β = -0.134, P = 0.022) was found, and a positive relationship with  anxiety scores (β = 0.331, P<0.001) in male students. while an inverse relationship was found with WHR (β = -0.236, P = 0.001), waist circumference (β = -0.169, P = 0.007), and a positive association between sleep duration with anxiety scores (β = 0.331, P<0.001) and depression scores (β = 0.415, P<0.001) in female students. Conclusions The obesity of male and female students goes up with the increase of total score of sleep quality, anxiety and depression, and goes down with the increase of sleep duration, physical activity time and energy consumption. Male obesity increases with age, but female obesity decreases with age. Among the importance of males' sleep duration and sleep quality in the obesity risk assessment, BMI and body fat percentages are more accurate, while for females, BMI and waist circumference is of no statistical significance.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Shoko Yasuhara ◽  
Mika Maekawa ◽  
Shigeki Bamba ◽  
Mika Kurihara ◽  
Naoko Nakanishi ◽  
...  

Introduction: Malnutrition is a factor that defines vital prognosis in chronic heart failure. Objective: This study investigated nutritional and metabolic disorders in patients with heart failure by examining the association of severity of heart failure with inflammatory cytokines, appetite-regulating hormones, and energy metabolism. Methods: Subjects were 50 patients with heart failure. On admission, nutritional status was assessed, and biochemical blood tests were performed, including for serum tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, ghrelin, and leptin levels. Resting energy expenditure (REE) was also measured by indirect calorimetry to examine its association with severity of heart failure and levels of inflammatory cytokines and appetite-regulating hormones. Results: There were significant associations between serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level and nutrition indices, indicating that nutritional status was worse when heart failure was more severe. Inflammatory cytokine levels showed significant positive correlations with BNP level. Measured REE/bodyweight was not associated with severity of heart failure, but was negatively correlated with body fat percentage and leptin levels. Conclusions: Energy metabolism was not associated with serum BNP level among patients with heart failure with New York Heart Association functional class up to III. Body fat percentage and leptin levels may be a good predictor of energy metabolism in patients with heart failure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Suci Eka Putri ◽  
Adelina Irmayani Lubis

Body mass index (BMI) is to monitor nutritional status adults, especially those related to deficiency and overweight. Body fat percentage can describe the risk of degenerative diseases.This study was conducted to measure the relationship between BMI and body fat percentage. Methods An analytical study was conducted to 41 male and 51 female participant from Universitas Teuku Umar. The body weight was measured using scales, whereas the body height was measured using microtoise. The body fat percentage was measured using Karada Scan. The BMI was calculated by dividing the body weight in kilogram divided by body height in meter square. Data was collected from 16-18th February 2021 and analyzed by Pearson’s correlation test. The results showed BMI underweight, normal, and overweight were 10,9, 57,6, and 31,5. High body fat percentage in men were 75,6% and in women were 35,5%. There is a relationship between the nutritional status of the women group and the body fat percentage with p-value is obtained = 0.021. Furthermore, for men, there is no relationship between nutritional status in the men group and the body fat percentage. There is a relationship between nutritional status and body fat percentage in women. Among this population, BMI can still be used to determine body fat percentage


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Diah Puspa ◽  
Dian Handayani ◽  
Inggita Kusumastuty

Obesity is excessive body fat condition due to differences in energy consumption and expenditure. In Indonesia, the prevalence of obese women >18 years old is 32.9%. Interventions are performed with control eating and increased physical activity through an educational approach. A Leaflet is a print media containing some information, while my weight loss diet application is used by people that want to lose weight. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of nutritional education with leaflet and my weight loss diet application on nutritional status changes in obesity. True experimental design was used with pre-post test on female students divided into two groups in Universitas Brawijaya (n= 44) and selected by purposive sampling. Also, Independent-Samples T-Test and Mann Whitney analysis were conducted. The results showed a body mass index decrease in both media and no significant change related to BMI (p = 0.733). However, the decrease was more shown on the leaflet, where the body fat percentage had a significant change (p = 0.000). Hence, intervention using the leaflet is more effective on nutritional status changes related with BMI and body fat percentage in obese students.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Ayu Alfitasari ◽  
Fillah Fithra Dieny ◽  
Martha Ardiaria ◽  
A. Fahmi Arif Tsani

Football athletes require high-quality physical fitness that affects achievement. Nutritional status was the outcome of dietary intake and can influence physical fitness. Athletes who boarded have an organized eating arrangement, so the dietary intake is more assured. The objective of this study was to analyze the differences of energy, macronutrients intake, nutritional status, and V2 max between boarding and nonboarding football athletes aged 13 - 18 years. A cross-sectional study was done in 32 people who divided into two groups (boarding and non-boarding football athletes).The collected datas included food intake using 6x24 hoursfood recalls, height using microtoise, weight using digital scales, BMI for Age using WHO Anthro Plus, body fat percentage using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, VO2 max using Cooper Test 2.4 km. Nutrient values were analyzed using NutriSurvey. Statistical analysis using Independent TTest. There were significant differences between energy and macronutrient intake (p=0.001), body fat percentage (p=0.004), and VO2 max score (p=0.001) of boarding and non-boarding athletes. Energy and macronutrient intake of boarding and non-boarding athletes were still in the deficient category; however, the average nutritional intake of boarding athletes were still higher than non-boarding athletes. Most nutritional status of athletes based on BMI/Age were in normal category (87.5% in boarding athletes and 62.5% in non-boarding athletes). There was no over in non-boarding athlete. However, there were 12.5% of boarding athletes in the over fat category. 25% of non-boarding athletes were in the under fat category, while in boarding athletes, none of athlete in under fat category. 62.5% boarding athletes had VO2 max score at a very good level, while 87.5% of non boarding athletes were in enough category. There were significant differences between energy and macronutrient intake, body fat percentage, and VO2 max score between boarding and non-boarding football athletes.


2006 ◽  
Vol 134 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Sevic ◽  
Milos Maksimovic ◽  
Nebojsa Djurisic ◽  
Milan Gajic ◽  
Jagoda Jorga

Introduction. Obesity is well known risk factor of metabolic complications and CVD. On the other hand, CRP as a marker of inflammation has lately aroused huge interest as predictor of cardiovascular risk. Objective. The objective of the study was to determine whether the nutritional status parameters were related to some inflammatory markers and what was the extent of such relation. Method. The study involved 220 patients, 40.5 ? 14.5 years old, who referred to Nutrition Clinic of the Institute of Hygiene in order to get a dietetic advice or nutritional medical therapy. Nutritional status was assessed by BMI (kg/m?), calculated from measured values of body weight and height, the waist measurement and body fat percentage according to WHO recommendations. Biochemical parameters and inflammatory markers were measured from blood samples collected after a twelve-hour fast. Results. The subjects were categorized into quartiles of BMI (kg/m?) and % body fat. The inflammatory markers followed the increase of BMI and % body fat, as odds ratio (95% CI) of elevated level of CRP was observed to be highest in the fourth quartiles of BMI [1.55 [(OR = 0.731 - 3.296] as well as in the fourth quartile of % body fat - 1.34 [(OR = 0.598 - 3.009)]. This was confirmed by analysis of linear correlation which resulted in r = 0.148 for BMI (p < 0.05) and r = 0.164 (p < 0.05) for fat percentage. In addition, there was highly significant positive correlation between fibrinogen level, C3 and BMI (p < 0.01), and body fat (p < 0.01). Conclusion. The results showed that determination of inflammatory markers should become a routine screening procedure in all patients with elevated anthropometric parameters in order to prevent the consequences of atherosclerosis as quickly as possible.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0244449
Author(s):  
Lestari Octavia ◽  
Rina Agustina ◽  
Arindah Nur Sartika ◽  
Annisa Dwi Utami ◽  
Yayang Aditia Dewi ◽  
...  

Dietary changes during pregnancy (DP) and post-partum are essential for women’s nutrition status and the health of their offspring. We compared the diet quality DP and at 3-year post-partum (3YPP) and assessed the relationship between maternal diet quality and nutritional status using a prospective cohort design among women in East Jakarta. In total, 107 women were recruited from the study in 2014 and followed up at 3YPP in 2018. The mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight, and height were evaluated. Food consumption data were collected from repeated 24-h recalls. The validated US Diet Quality Index-Pregnancy (DQI-P) scores with eight components were calculated using the food consumption data and compared between DP and 3YPP. Associations of the DQI-P score with the MUAC and weight gain DP and body mass index (BMI) at 3YPP were analyzed using multivariable linear and logistic regression. The median of the DQI-P score DP was significantly higher than at 3YPP [35 (27; 42) versus 27 (19; 30); p-value <0.001, respectively]. The higher DQI-P score was associated with increased weight gain DP of 3.3 kg (adjusted β = 3.30, 95% confidence interval = 1.06–5.54) after adjusting for the mother's age and household income. The DQI-P score was not associated with an increased risk of chronic energy deficiency DP and overweight–obesity at 3YPP. Thus, the diet adequacy was associated with weight gain DP but did not affect the MUAC DP and BMI at 3YPP. The DQI-P score DP was slightly better than the diet at 3YPP; however, the overall diet quality was inadequate. In conclusion, a higher DQI-P score was associated with increased weight gain DP of 3.3 kg but was not associated with other nutritional status indices in DP and 3YPP. Innovative dietary quality improvement programs are required to reduce malnutrition risk in pregnant and reproductive-age women.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Zaenudin Zaenudin ◽  
Mira Dewi ◽  
Yekti Hartati Effendi

<p>The objective of this study was to determine relationship between trans fatty acid intake with percentage of body fat and nutritional status among adults in Bogor rural and urban area. The research was conducted using a cross sectional study. The number of subjects for each region was 48 adults aged 20—65 years which selected purposively. The results showed that most of subjects in urban and rural areas were in categorized as high deficient of energy (&lt;70% RDA), i.e. 29.17% and 33.33%, respectively. The percentage of fat adequacy was 43.75% in rural area, which was categorized as sufficient, and 45.83% in urban area, which was categorized as high. Meanwhile, most of the subjects (97.92%) in both areas had adequacy level of trans fatty acid intake as recommended. Body fat percentage in subjects was 24.81±8.44 in rural area and 27.62±801 in urban area. In the meanwhile, 58.30% of subjects in rural and 64.4% of subjects in urban areas had normal nutritional status. There was no significant difference (p&gt;0.05) between trans fatty acid intake, adequacy level intakes of energy, total fat, trans fatty acid, and body fat percentage. However there was a significant difference between nutritional status of subjects in rural and urban areas (p&lt;0.05). There was no relationship between adequacy level intakes of energy, total fat, and trans fatty acid, with body fat percentage and nutritional status (p&gt;0.05), but there was significant correlation between body fat percentages and nutritional status of subjects (p&lt;0.05).</p><p> </p>


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