Obesity in Turkish children and adolescents: prevalence and non‐nutritional correlates in an urban sample

Dişcigil, Güzel; Tekın, Nil; Söylemez, Aydın

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00919.x

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“…Obesity rate observed in this study was much lower than the rates reported in recent literature from various non-Chinese adolescent populations [29][30][31] and the rates reported in a national survey of Chinese cities in children aged 7 to 18 years in 2000. 20 As we used the same criterion to define obesity as the Chinese national survey, the lower rate observed in our study could not be explained by differences in definition.…”

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Fetal macrosomia and adolescence obesity: results from a longitudinal cohort study

Wang

Gao

et al. 2009

Int J Obes

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“…Higher obesity rates in boys than in girls have also been reported in countries outside China, 29,30 but not in other studies. 31,41,42 Cultural and life-style factors during early childhood and adolescence could be the explanations for the differences in sex-obesity relationship reported in different populations.…”

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Fetal macrosomia and adolescence obesity: results from a longitudinal cohort study

Wang

Gao

et al. 2009

Int J Obes

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“…Several factors such as change in lifestyles and diet, urbanization, lack of adequate physical activity and devoting greater time to sedentary activities like television viewing and playing on a computer should be considered as major causes of overweight/obesity in various countries (8,11,(20)(21)(22)(23) . Although a number of factors associated with obesity in children and adolescents seem to be similar in various countries, nevertheless the distribution of these factors and their contribution to the development of childhood obesity may be different across different populations (8,17,18,20,24) . With regard to the subsequent socio-economic public health burden of childhood obesity (6,7) , these observations emphasize the need for preventive measures to control overweight and obesity at earlier stages of life.…”

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“…Similarly, in other geographic regions such as the Middle East countries including Iran, the prevalence of obesity in children is also rising. Recent reports indicate that over 15 % of children living in Iran and neighbouring countries are overweight or obese (5,(16)(17)(18)(19) . The high prevalence rate of overweight/ obesity among children in northern Iran is of particular concern and worries families into seeking weight-reduction programmes (19) .…”

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Prevalences of overweight and obesity and their association with physical activity pattern among Iranian adolescents aged 12–17 years

Hajian‐Tilaki

Heidari

2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalences of overweight and obesity and their association with physical activity pattern among adolescents in northern Iran. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Babol, northern Iran. Subjects: A representative sample of 1200 adolescents aged 12-17 years was recruited. All selected adolescents were interviewed, their leisure-time and sport physical activities were collected by a standard Baecke questionnaire and their height and weight were measured by standard methods. The diagnosis of overweight and obesity was determined by comparing BMI values with the BMI index for age and sex percentiles set by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2000. Results: The prevalences of overweight and obesity were 15?1 % and 8?3 %, respectively. The proportion of obesity was significantly higher in boys than in girls (10?2 % v. 6?5 %, P 5 0?028). Overall, the levels of high, moderate and low leisure-time physical activity were 2?9 %, 79?4 % and 17?7 %, respectively. The corresponding levels of high, moderate and low sport physical activity were 17?4 %, 75?2 % and 7?4 %. The levels of leisure-time and sport physical activities were significantly higher among the boys than the girls (P , 0?001). There was also a significant association of studying in private schools and playing computer games with overweight/obesity (P , 0?001). Moderate leisure-time physical activity was unexpectedly associated with a greater risk of overweight/obesity compared with the low level (P 5 0?002). Conclusions: The findings indicate a high prevalence of overweight/obesity in these Iranian adolescents, particularly the boys. The influence of physical activity and diet on overweight/obesity requires further prospective studies.

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“…4 Re cent stu di es ha ve de mons tra ted that, the pre va len ce of over we ight and obe sity we re 10.3-21.8% and 1.6-6.1%, res pec ti vely, in Tur key. [5][6][7] Early di ag no sis of obe sity, which is de fi ned as a chro nic di se a se, es pe ci ally in child ho od, and prompt tre at ment ini ti a ted by ta king the re qu i red me a su res are im por tant for the pre ven ti on of comp li ca ti ons in child ho od and adult ho od. 4,8 In re cent ye ars an in cre a se in body fat mass and musc le tis su e in child ho od and ado les cen ce has be en ac com pa ni ed by an in cre a se in he ight.…”

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Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load and Anthropometric Measurements in Adolescents

Köksal¹,

Karadağ²,

Yıldıran³

et al. 2011

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : Di ets con ta i ning fo ods that are low in glyce mic in dex (GI) or glyce mic load (GL) may inf lu en ce es pe ci ally the ap pe ti te and ot her body mec ha nisms that af fect ex ces si ve weight ga in in ado les cen ce. This study was car ri ed out to de ter mi ne the re la ti ons hip bet we en di e tary GI and GL and body we ight, he ight, body mass in dex (BMI) and wa ist cir cum fe ren ce (WC) in 14-18 ye ar-old ado les cents. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : One tho u sand one hun dred and fo ur vo lun tary adoles cents (469 girls and 635 boys) aged bet we en 14-18 ye ars we re inc lu ded in the study. GI and GL we re cal cu la ted from a 24-ho ur di e tary re call ta ken from in di vi du als. Ant hro po met ric me a su rements (body we ight, he ight, BMI, WC) we re al so me a su red for all ado les cents and eva lu a ted using the WHO Growth Re fe ren ce for 5-19 Ye ars-2007. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : Ac cor ding to the eva lu a ti on of BMI for age, pre va len ces of un der we ight, over we ight and obe sity we re 13.6%, 17.3% and 3.8% in boys and 15.9%, 13.1% and 1.7% in girls, res pec ti vely. The di e tary GI dif fe red sig ni fi cantly bet we en boys and girls and was hig her in obe se ado les cents than in ot her BMI gro ups (p< 0.05). Ho we ver, no sig ni ficant dif fe ren ce was fo und bet we en di e tary GL ba sed on BMI clas si fi ca ti on (p> 0.05). It was de termi ned that in both gen ders the di e tary GI was po si ti vely cor re la ted with ant hro po met ric me a su re ments (p< 0.05), whi le the GL was fo und in ver sely cor re la ted with body we ight and he ight (p< 0.05). C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : As a re sult a sig ni fi cant re la ti ons hip was fo und bet we en GI and ant hro po metric me a su re ments. It is con si de red that a low GI di et may be use ful in the pre ven ti on of obe sity and sub se qu ent chro nic adult ho od di se a ses in ado les cents. K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Adolescent; glycemic index; body mass index Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Gli se mik in dek si (Gİ) ve ya gli se mik yü kü (GY) dü şük olan be sin le ri içe ren di yet le rin uygulanması, ado le san lar da aşı rı ağır lık ka za nı mı nı et ki le yen baş ta aç lık me ka niz ma sı ol mak üze -re vü cut me ka niz ma la rı nı et ki le ye bil mek te dir. Bu ça lış ma, 14-18 yaş ara sın da ki ado le san lar da diye tin Gİ ve GY'ü ile vü cut ağır lı ğı, boy uzun lu ğu, be den kit le in dek si (BKİ) ve bel çev re si (BÇ) ara sın da ki iliş ki yi sap ta mak ama cıy la yü rü tül müş tür. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Ça lış ma ya yaş la rı 14-18 yıl ara sın da olan 1104 gö nül lü ado le san bi rey (469 kız ve 635 er kek) da hil edil miş tir. Gİ ve GY birey le rin 24 sa at lik be sin tü ke tim le rin den he sap lan mış tır. Ay rı ca, ça lış ma ya alı nan tüm ado le san ların an tro po met rik öl çüm le ri (vü cut ağır lı ğı, boy uzun lu ğu, BKİ, BÇ) ya pıl mış ve DSÖ'nün 5-19 yaşlar içi...

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Obesity in Turkish children and adolescents: prevalence and non‐nutritional correlates in an urban sample

Cited by 39 publications

References 28 publications

Fetal macrosomia and adolescence obesity: results from a longitudinal cohort study

Fetal macrosomia and adolescence obesity: results from a longitudinal cohort study

Prevalences of overweight and obesity and their association with physical activity pattern among Iranian adolescents aged 12–17 years

Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load and Anthropometric Measurements in Adolescents

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