Eating habits, lifestyle factors, and body weight status among Turkish private educational institution students

Ayrancı, Unal; Erenoglu, Nazan; Son, Osman

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2009.07.007

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“…Several studies reported similar findings. The proportion of overweight or obese students has usually been found to be lower in those taking breakfast daily (17,18) and higher among those having unhealthy dietary (19) and beverage patterns (20) and with a sedentary-snacking pattern (21) . Children have particular food choices and meal habits, such as irregular eating pattern, frequent snacking and skipping breakfast, that are typically set up in this period of life and will affect nutritional habits in subsequent adolescence.…”

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Nutrition knowledge and other determinants of food intake and lifestyle habits in children and young adolescents living in a rural area of Sicily, South Italy

Grosso

Mistretta

Turconi

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The study aimed to test the reliability of a nutrition questionnaire and to assess potential associations between nutrition knowledge, food consumption and lifestyle behaviours, controlling for sociodemographic factors. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Comprehensive school in the municipality of Butera, a rural area of Sicily, South Italy. Subjects: The survey was conducted between March and May 2010 on 445 students (4-16 years). Results: All constructs of the questionnaire had statistically significant Cronbach's a and Pearson's correlation coefficients, showing good internal consistency and temporal stability. After controlling for covariates, nutrition knowledge was positively associated with pasta/rice, fish, vegetable and fruit intakes, and negatively with sweets, snacks, fried foods and sugary drinks consumption. Moreover, students whose parents were in the highest educational and occupational categories reported eating significantly more fruits and vegetables and less meat, sweets, snacks, fried foods and sugary drinks. Students with higher nutrition knowledge scores were less likely to have two or more snacks daily and to spend more than 3 h in sedentary activities daily (OR 5 0?89, 95 % CI 0?83, 0?97 and OR 5 0?92, 95 % CI 0?86, 0?99, respectively). High parental education was associated with less frequent snacking and more frequent weekly physical activity, compared with lower categories, whereas high parental occupational category was associated with daily breakfast. Conclusions: Improving nutrition knowledge in children and young adolescents may translate into educating them in good dietary habits. Moreover, nutrition intervention programmes should also involve parents to improve dietary quality and nutritional habits of the entire family.

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confidence: 99%

Nutrition knowledge and other determinants of food intake and lifestyle habits in children and young adolescents living in a rural area of Sicily, South Italy

Grosso

Mistretta

Turconi

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

115

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“…A 69.9% majority was found to have a normal weight, 25.7% were underweight, and only 4.4% were overweight or obese students, with obesity at 0.6% [17].…”

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“…Nevertheless, dietrelated chronic disease such as obesity, CVD, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among others are also prevalent in Turkey [15]. An increasing consumption of animal food products and a reduction in total cereal intake has been reported since the 1980's as a result of increased food availability, including Western-type foods, along with the rapid social and economic transition [17], with public health efforts obviously lagging behind in this respect.…”

Section: Nutritional Landscape In Turkey In Relation To Cvd Riskmentioning

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Malnutrition and Cardiometabolic Risk among Turkish Adolescents: a Public Health Concern during Epidemiological Transition

Kristo

Sikalidis²

2014

Am. J. Biomed. Sci.

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a chronic disease prevalent both in developing and developed countries. Numerous CVD risk factors associated with nutritional behavior and status in children and adolescents set the stage for adult CVD. A significant body of evidence suggests that there is opportunity for abolishment of at least some of the adverse manifestations of CVD and ability for health improvement if proper nutritional practice is followed during young age. Turkey is a country with a large overall population of which a significant part is children and adolescents. Moreover, Turkey is in epidemiological transition exhibiting health and nutritional issues of both the developing and the developed world, with more than half of all deaths in Turkey related to CVD. Furthermore, Turkey is a country of significant and unusual diversity in terms of geography, socio-economic status and origin among others. However, there are not many studies assessing the cardiometabolic risk in adolescent and the ones that assess a few risk factors of CVD are localized in certain areas. In this work we gather, organize and compare the results of several studies on the topic and reach certain conclusions as per the current condition of adolescents in Turkey in regards to malnutrition and cardiometabolic risk.

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“…Ayrancı ve arkadaşlarının 15-20 yaş arası öğrencilerde yaptıkları çalışmada öğrencilerin yüzde 4.4'ünde fazla kilolu, yüzde 0.6'sında ise obezite saptanmıştır (25). Yuca ve arkadaşları tarafından 6-18 yaş çocuklar üzerinde yürütülen çalışmada fazla kilo sıklığının yüzde 11.1, obezite görülme sıklığının ise yüzde 2.2 olduğu görülmüştür (26).…”

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Healthy Life and Role of Nursing in the Control of Body Weight

Tedik¹

2017

Turk J Diab Obes

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ÖZETFazla kilo ve obezite; prevalansı gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde hızla artan kronik bir problemdir ve ülke ekonomilerine büyük bir mali yük getirmektedir. Sağlık Ölçü ve Değerlendirme Enstitüsü tarafından dünyadaki nüfusun yüzde 30'unda fazla kilo ve obezite sorununun olduğu, fazla kilolu ve obez birey sayısının son 30 yılda 857 milyondan 2,1 milyara yükseldiği açıklanmaktadır. Son yıllarda fazla kilo ve obeziteye yönelik önlemler alınması ve tedavi edilmesi gerektiği kabul edilmiştir. Bu noktada bireye kazandırılacak olan sağlıklı yaşam biçimi kilit rol oynamaktadır. Olumlu davranışların kazandırılabilmesi için toplumun tüm kesimleriyle yakından ilişkide olan hemşirelere önemli rol ve sorumluluklar düşmektedir. ABSTRACTThe excess weight and obesity is a chronic disease with rapidly growing prevalence in developed and developing countries, and imposes a huge financial burden on the economies countries. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 30% of the world population suffers from overweight and obesity, and the number of overweight and obese individuals has risen to 2.1 billion from 857 million in the last three decades. In recent years, it has been accepted that measures for overweight and obesity should be taken and treated. At this point, helping individuals to acquire healthy lifestyle behaviors plays a key role. Nurses, who are in a close relationship with all segments of society, have an important role and responsibilities in helping people to acquire positive behaviors.

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Eating habits, lifestyle factors, and body weight status among Turkish private educational institution students

Cited by 34 publications

References 40 publications

Nutrition knowledge and other determinants of food intake and lifestyle habits in children and young adolescents living in a rural area of Sicily, South Italy

Nutrition knowledge and other determinants of food intake and lifestyle habits in children and young adolescents living in a rural area of Sicily, South Italy

Malnutrition and Cardiometabolic Risk among Turkish Adolescents: a Public Health Concern during Epidemiological Transition

Healthy Life and Role of Nursing in the Control of Body Weight

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