Prevalence of obesity, overweight and central obesity among adolescent girls in national school in Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka

Karuppiah, Dharshini; Markandu, Mithusha

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“…The study found that nearly one in seven school children (14.6%) aged 12-15 years in this urban Sri Lankan setting are either overweight or obese. The prevalence of overweight and obesity which were 7.81% and 6.8% respectively are in congruence with ndings from other parts of the country [8]. However, neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Nepal report a higher prevalence of overweight [3,4].…”

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“…A cross sectional descriptive study from Negombo, revealed that 27% of girls and 19% of boys aged 10-15 years were obese [7]. Prevalence of overweight and obesity were respectively 9.4% and 5.5% among teenage-girls in Batticaloa which in addition showed a 21.6% prevalence of central obesity [8]. Collectively, literature acknowledged that the prevalence of childhood obesity has been increasing over the time and shows a regional variation [6,9].…”

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“…The growing prevalence of obesity among Sri-Lankan children, particularly central obesity has led to the emergence of a constellation of metabolic derangements including dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) [8,10,11]. The link between central obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes is increasingly recognized in children [12].…”

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Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities Among 12-15 Year Age Group in an Urban City in Sri-Lanka

Kiridana

Karunaratne

Ranasinghe³

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ObjectivesTo determine the prevalence of childhood overweight, obesity and metabolic abnormalities among children aged 12-15 years within the schools in Kandy Municipality area, Sri Lanka. DesignCross- sectional observational study.SettingRandomly selected schools in Kandy municipality areaMethodsThe anthropometric measurements of 1766 school children were taken and those who were overweight or obese were recruited for further evaluation of metabolic abnormalities.ResultsThere were 1053 (59.62%) boys and 713 (40.37%) girls of whom 258 (14.60%) were overweight or obese (7.81% overweight and 6.79% obese). This included 106 girls of whom, 64 were overweight and 42 were obese and 152 boys of whom, 74 and 78 were overweight and obese respectively. Central obesity was seen in 16.93% and 5.01% of them had normal body mass index. Eighty-five children out of the 258 with body mass index > 85th percentile reported for further evaluation and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among them was 11.67% (5 girls and 5 boys). When borderline and abnormal levels of lipids were taken together, more than 50% of overweight and obese children were found to have dyslipidaemia. Elevated Alanine Amino Transaminase and Aspartate Amino Transaminase levels were reported in 33 (38.82%) and 7 (8.24%) respectively. Evidence of fatty liver was present in 34.69% based on abdominal ultra sound scan findings.ConclusionWhile prevalence rates of overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome are comparable with other urban settings in the country as well as neighbouring countries in Asia, the study highlights the detection of lipid abnormalities suggestive of familial hyperlipidaemia which warrants further evaluation. NAFLD is also identified as a significant comorbidity. Central obesity is underestimated by British standards.

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Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities Among 12-15 Year Age Group in an Urban City in Sri-Lanka

Kiridana

Karunaratne

Ranasinghe³

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“…However, in another study carried out in 2018 among 14 to 15-year-old schoolchildren in the Colombo education zone shared that prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents was revealed as 10.8% (CI 9.3-12.5) and 3.9% (CI 3.1-5.0) respectively, with no gender difference (8). Further, in another study carried out among girls aged between 14 and 19 years studying in a national school of Batticaloa, the prevalence of obesity and overweight were 5.5% and 9.4% (9). Anyhow, obesity was more prevalent in females than males and females are more vulnerable to develop obesity-related adverse health outcomes in future (10).…”

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Prevalence and influencing factors of BMI and effect of school based intervention among the Grade 8 Schoolchildren in Jaffna district

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Overweight and obesity are becoming a global issue. In contrast, children living in developing countries like Sri Lanka are having problems with wasting . Understanding the status of wasting, overweight and obesity and underlying factors may help to address the issue.The study aimed to determine the prevalence of wasting, overweight and obesity and the underlying socio-demographic and school-related correlate and effect pf school-level intervention to manage wasting, overweight and or obesity among Sri Lankan school children A school based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 836 students aged between 13-15 years studying at government schools in Jaffna district from June 2016 to November 2017. Anthropometric measurements obtained using electronic height weight machine with the precision of the instrument for height is ≤±0.1cm, and for weight is ≤±0.1kg, and the Body Mass Index (BMI) for age calculated and compared with WHO (2007) standards. Chi-square analyses performed, and odds ratios calculated in SPSS 21. ResultsSlightly males students (51.4%) were more than the female students. Majority of the students were Hindus (91.1%), and living with both parents (87.2%). The prevalence of wasting, overweight and obesity was 38.6%, 6.8% and 2.4% respectively. Having abnormal BMI was not significantly affected the participation in extracurricular activities.High prevalence of abnormal BMI observed, and none of the school-level interventions for abnormal BMI were not useful. Hence, periodical assessment and monitoring of the school-based program might improve the outcome.

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“…A cross sectional descriptive study from Negombo, revealed that 27% of girls and 19% of boys aged 10-15 years were obese [7]. Prevalence of overweight and obesity were respectively 9.4% and 5.5% among teenagegirls in Batticaloa which in addition showed a 21.6% prevalence of central obesity [8]. Collectively, literature acknowledged that the prevalence of childhood obesity has been increasing over the time and shows a regional variation [6,9].…”

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Prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic abnormalities among 12-15 year age group in an urban city in Sri-Lanka

Kiridana

Karunaratne

Ranasinghe³

et al. 2021

SL J. Med.

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Prevalence of obesity, overweight and central obesity among adolescent girls in national school in Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka

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Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities Among 12-15 Year Age Group in an Urban City in Sri-Lanka

Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities Among 12-15 Year Age Group in an Urban City in Sri-Lanka

Prevalence and influencing factors of BMI and effect of school based intervention among the Grade 8 Schoolchildren in Jaffna district

Prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic abnormalities among 12-15 year age group in an urban city in Sri-Lanka

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