Determinants of Overweight Among Primary School Children in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Ezo, Elias; Gashawbeza, Biruk

doi:10.2147/ahmt.s339671

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“…Regarding the occupation of fathers, the study reveals that the highest percentage (43.8%) of children's fathers were self-employed. This result is in agreement with the study findings conducted by (Ezo & Gashawbeza, 2021) which found that 54.7% of participants had fathers who had private businesses.…”

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Dental caries and it is association with body mass index among primary school children in Babylon City, Iraq

Idan

Ahmed

Farhan

2022

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Back ground: It's very important to know how common tooth decay is and how it spreads so that preventive measures can be planned and carried out in the right way. The study's aim is to examine the association between tooth decay and body mass index.Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Al-Hilla city, Babylon Governorate, Iraq, to investigate the relationship between caries and body mass index. The study period was from November 1st, 2021, until March 1st, 2022. Oral health was assessed according to World Health Organization criteria using the decayed-missing-filled teeth index (DMFT). BMI is calculated using the weight and height of the child [weight in kg/(height)2 in meter]. Results: The mean ± SD of their ages was 8.98± 1.756 years. The age range at the time of the study was between 6-13 years. The highest percentage (38.8%) was in the age group (10–11 years) and the lowest percentage (4.7%) was in the age group (12–13 years). The highest percentage (87.30%) of males and females have neutral eating habits, while the lowest percentage (2.50%) of males and (2.80%) of females have unhealthy eating habits.

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Dental caries and it is association with body mass index among primary school children in Babylon City, Iraq

Idan

Ahmed

Farhan

2022

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“…Whereas published researches regarding the knowledge and perception of parents about childhood obesity are hardly available in Ethiopia, the ones that were undertaken on related topics have principally emphasized on prevalence and determinants of obesity, focusing on the food and physical exercise behavior of the children, not their parents. [7][8][9][17][18][19][20][21] On the other hand, studies undertaken on topics related to ours in areas outside of Ethiopia have mostly focused on the perception of obese parents or overweight children about childhood obesity. The present study fundamentally differs from such previous researches in that it took parents in the general population as its unit of analysis without considering their body weight status as the main criterion of inclusion.…”

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Beliefs About Body Weight and Practices of Regulating Food and Physical Exercise Patterns of Children Among Parents in Southern Ethiopia

Zewude¹,

Siraw²,

Melese³

et al. 2022

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The problem of childhood obesity is often associated with cultural values of body weight which includes the belief that voluptuous body size is a sign of good health status and better parental care. We examined the beliefs and behaviors of parents pertaining to preferred body weight of children, including practices of management of feeding and physical exercise patterns of children in southern Ethiopia. Methods: Using cross-sectional survey study design, a structured questionnaire was distributed to randomly selected parents. Quantitative data were collected from 215 respondents, inserted into SPSS software, and analyzed by frequency and percentage distributions, charts, and multinomial logistic regression techniques. Results: Most (59.1%) respondents want their child's body weight to be normal/neither fat nor thin. In addition, 58.2% of the study participants held the opinion that average body size is an indication of good health status. Furthermore, 72.6% of respondents revealed that they control the amount of food their child consumes with the aim of preventing obesity/overweight. Moreover, 79.5% of respondents encourage their children to sometimes walk on foot, instead of always relying on vehicles while 87% of them replied that they regulate the amount of time their children spend watching TV. Above all, parents' preference of voluptuous body size of children is significantly associated with age (

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Intestinal parasitic co-infections associated with Helicobacter pylori among paediatric patients with gastrointestinal illness attending a general hospital in southern Ethiopia

Aklilu,

Woldemariam,

Wanke

et al. 2024

BMC Pediatr

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Determinants of Overweight Among Primary School Children in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Dental caries and it is association with body mass index among primary school children in Babylon City, Iraq

Dental caries and it is association with body mass index among primary school children in Babylon City, Iraq

Beliefs About Body Weight and Practices of Regulating Food and Physical Exercise Patterns of Children Among Parents in Southern Ethiopia

Intestinal parasitic co-infections associated with Helicobacter pylori among paediatric patients with gastrointestinal illness attending a general hospital in southern Ethiopia

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