Overweight and obesity among adolescents – A comparative study between government and private schools

Patnaik, Lipilekha; Pattanaik, Sumitra; Sahu, Trilochan; Epari, Venkatarao

doi:10.1007/s13312-015-0716-9

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“…Our findings agree with (Patnaik et al, 2011) who reported significantly higher prevalence of overweight/obesity among private school children aged 5 to 10 years in India. The results also agree with Jagadesan et al (2014) and Patnaik et al (2015) who both reported high overweight/obesity prevalence among children in private schools. Several studies have outlined potential reasons for these differences.…”

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Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

Elkhodary¹,

Farsi²,

Merdad³

et al. 2017

J. Dent. Oral Hyg.

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There is increasing interest in investigating the association between dental caries and childhood obesity, particularly among preschoolers where the evidence is limited. We aimed to measure the prevalence of obesity/overweight among preschool children aged 3 to 6 years, and to determine the relationship between obesity and dental caries in the primary dentition. A cross-sectional study was carried out in eight public and private preschools using a multi-stage stratified sample of 820 children. Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) measurements were obtained. Caries was assessed using the National Institute of Dental Research's decayed, missed or filled score (dmft). Based on BMI, 15% of children were obese and 10% were overweight. Based on WC, 13% of children were obese. The prevalence of obesity/overweight based on BMI was significantly higher among girls (p-value=0.014) and private preschools (p-value<0.001). Based on BMI, obese and overweight children had lower dmft scores than underweight and normal children (p-value<0.001). Based on WC, obese children had lower dmft scores than non-obese children (p-value<0.001). Obesity prevalence was high, particularly among girls and private preschool children. Caries activity was lower in overweight and obese children. Longitudinal studies are essential to investigate the association between caries and obesity in preschool children.

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Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

Elkhodary¹,

Farsi²,

Merdad³

et al. 2017

J. Dent. Oral Hyg.

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“…school going students are from a lower socioeconomic group. Similar findings were reported from Bhubaneswar and Chennai by the studies of Jagadesan et al and Patnais et al 12,13 Other major factors and behaviors responsible for overweight and obesity are unhealthy food habits and lack of physical activity. These risk behaviors among overweight and obese children were compared with nonobese children.…”

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A study of the prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in private and government schools of Meerut city

Joshi

Kumar

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: As per WHO childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century, it is a global problem affecting many low and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings. Childhood obesity affects adulthood and becomes the cause of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Overweight and their related diseases are preventable with early intervention and lifestyle modifications. Here we aimed to find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity of school going children of Meerut city.Methods: Four Hundred children from four schools of Meerut city were studied. Age, weight, height, socioeconomic status, food habits, and family history were recorded for further analysis.Results: Out of 400 children, 7% were overweight and 4% had obesity. We observed that obesity was more prevalent in private school going students. Leisure time and fast food are the major causes of obesity.Conclusions: A total of 11% of school going children were overweight and obese which is alarming and should be tackled in a more proactive and urgent manner. This study concludes that there is dire need of awareness against the junk foods at the same physical activities, games, health education and awareness programs should be included in the education system for students, parents, and teachers to understand and fight the obesity.

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“…Manuscript received: 4 th July 2017 Reviewed: 14 th July 2017 Author Corrected: 23 rd July 2017 Accepted for Publication: 31 st July 2017 Schools 10.5%). BMI, Waist Circumference and Waist-hip ratio were significantly higher among private school students [3].…”

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“…Patnaik L [3] observed that prevalence of overweight / obesity was 27.8% (private schools -45.2%, government schools -10.5%).…”

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Prevalence of overweight and obesity among rural early adolescents in central part of Vidarbha, Maharashtra- A Cross Sectional study

Prajapati

Nayak²,

Dhande³

et al. 2017

Int J Med Res Rev

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Background: According to W.H.O number of overweight children under the age group of five was estimated to be over 42 million and nearly close to 35 million of these were living in developing countries. Obesity in children and adolescents is defined as a BMI greater than the 95th percentile. Objective: To find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school going early adolescents. 2) To find out the factors contributing to early adolescent overweight/obesity. Method: School-going children between 11-15yrs. A cross-sectional (observational) study was carried out in middle-schools (5th to 7th standard) and high-schools (8th to 10th standard) of Alphonsa High School of Sawangi. Result: Prevalence of overweight in early adolescent was found to be 15.83% and obese was 11.18%. Obese school going students who watched television for 1 hour were 02.48%, those watching TV for 2 hours were 03.72% and more than 2 hours were 04.96%. Obesity was found to be more in children watching television for longer duration. Conclusion: Overweight/obesity among children are progressing towards epidemic level. Eating habit of junk food is on rise.

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Overweight and obesity among adolescents – A comparative study between government and private schools

Abstract: A differential strategic plan may be needed to prevent and control obesity among adolescent school children.

Cited by 28 publications

References 6 publications

Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

A study of the prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in private and government schools of Meerut city

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among rural early adolescents in central part of Vidarbha, Maharashtra- A Cross Sectional study

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