Association of Neck Circumference with Obesity in Female College Students

Papandreou, Dimitrios; Noor, Zujaja Tul; Rashed, Maitha; Jaberi, Hadeel Al

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2015.118

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“…The majority of students were of normal weight (about 52.7% with a range of 21.0 ± 1.8 kg/m 2 ), while the underweight students represented 23.1% with a range of 16.5 ± 3.0 kg/m 2 and contributed to the study sample with almost the same percentage as those categorized as either overweight or obese where 14.8% of the participated students were overweight with a range of 27.2 ± 1.5 kg/m 2 while only 9.5% of them were obese with a range of 37.9 ± 10.6 kg/m 2 . The prevalence of overweight and obesity in our study is comparatively lower than what has been reported in other Arabian Gulf countries such as Oman (28.2%) (Al-Kilani, Waly, & Yousef, 2012), Kuwait (28.4%) (Papandreou, Noor, Rashed, & Al Jaberi, 2015), Saudi Arabia (37.5%) (Al-Rethaiaa, Fahmy, & Al-Shwaiyat, 2010) and the United Arab Emirates (35.7%) (Musaiger, Lloyd, Al-Neyadi, & Bener, 2003). As for the distribution of students by college, the highest three participations came from students in the Colleges of Science (39.9%), Information Technology (19.5%) and Engineering (14.2%), while the least participation came from the College of Physical Education (Table 1).…”

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Emotional eating behavior among University of Bahrain students: a cross-sectional study

Alalwan

Hilal

Mahdi

et al. 2019

Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

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Given that the transition to university is a stressful experience, the present study aimed to assess how emotions affect eating behavior among students from the University of Bahrain. This was a cross-sectional study on 169 undergraduates, aged 17 to 36 years (average age, 20 ± 3 years), who completed an online survey that included questions based on the validated Emotional Appetite Questionnaire. The results showed that neither gender nor marital status had an effect on the reported eating behavior under different emotional states. Moreover, the majority of students reported eating less during negative emotional states (fear, sadness, anger, stress and depression). However, under loneliness and happiness, students tend to either sustain their food intake (45.6% and 55.0%, respectively) or to increase their food intake (32.0% and 39.6%, respectively). Results also revealed that the majority of students (71.6%) identified boredom as a trigger for emotional eating, but were less likely to experience guilt. Further, students tend to turn to high calorie, high fat foods during emotional eating episodes. Our findings underline the need to develop a multidisciplinary intervention strategy to improve the diet and eating habits of university students, with the goal of reducing the risk of obesity and related diseases. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Socio-demographic Characteristicscontrasting

confidence: 77%

Emotional eating behavior among University of Bahrain students: a cross-sectional study

Alalwan

Hilal

Mahdi

et al. 2019

Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

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“…There are several methods of measuring overweight and obesity. Several sophisticated methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging, and bioelectrical impedance, can't be used in children or students due to safety concerns [22,32].…”

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Neck Circumference as an Indicator of Overweight and Obesity in Young Adults

Shrestha¹

2019

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Neck circumference (NC) measurement is one of the simple screening measurements, that can be used as a marker of upper body fat distribution to notice overweight. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between NC and overweight/obesity. In this cross-sectional study a total 198 college students (120 Female, 78 Male) aged 18-23 years were participated using convenience method. Anthropometric measurements of students were measured according to the guidelines of world health organization. Students with NC ≥37 cm for male and ≥34 cm for female and BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 are identified as overweight. The percentages of the male and female students with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 were 9% and 15.8% respectively and with high NC were 47.4% and 23.3 % respectively. In both male and female students, there were significant and positive correlation of neck circumference with body weight (male, r=0.572; female, r=0.629; p=0.001), waist circumference (male, r= 0.407; female, r= 0.623; p=0.001), hip circumference (male, r=0.546; female, r=0.579; p=0.001), BMI (male, r= 0.532; female, r= 0.588; p=0.001), waist to hip ratio (female, r = .376; p= .001), and waist to height ratio (male, r= 0.33; female, r= 0.574; p=0.001). A significant and independent association was found between NC and overweight levels using multiple regression analysis in young adults. This study indicates neck circumference is a simple screening measure that can be used to identify overweight/obesity.

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“…In this context, direct anthropometric measurements represent a clinically relevant tool that is easily used and has an important role in the management of elderly individuals. Thus, previous reports have shown that MAC reflected subcutaneous adiposity, especially in females, and CC was correlated with muscle mass and fat-free mass [18][19][20][21][22]. However, in bedridden individuals, calf muscle becomes atrophied more rapidly than neck muscle mass does, and CC may then fail to reflect their nutritional status [23].…”

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confidence: 99%