Relationship between dietary habits and nutritional status among adolescents in Abuja municipal area council of Nigeria

Otuneye, AT; Ahmed, PA; Abdulkarim, AA; Aluko, Olajide; Shatima,

doi:10.4314/njp.v44i3.1

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“…Disparities also exist among studies carried out in Nigeria. While few of the recent studies in Nigeria have reported low prevalence of overweight/obesity [20,21], more of the recent studies are reporting rates similar or even higher than the 10.2% found in this study [10,11,15,22,23]. Having a national perspective on the prevalence of obesity in Nigeria has been challenging, especially because different studies have used differing methodologies and reference values [24].…”

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confidence: 51%

“…Nutritional status of the respondents were determined using the WHO 2007 reference for children [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] years. Body Mass index (BMI) was calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in meter 2 .…”

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“…In the past few decades, studies on the nutritional status of children hardly reported childhood overweight or obesity [9], but this is changing in recent times. Some Nigerian studies are reporting prevalence of adolescent overweight/obesity close to the global average [10,11].…”

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Nutritional status and Cardiometabolic health among adolescents; findings from southwestern Nigeria

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Background: Obesity has been associated with an increased risk for cardio-metabolic diseases. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents is increasing worldwide, including Nigeria, but only little data exist on the relationship of nutritional status with cardio-metabolic health among adolescents in Nigeria. This study therefore investigated the relationship of nutrition status, raised blood pressure, glucose intolerance and risk for metabolic diseases among adolescents in southwestern Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 313 in-school adolescents in Ile-Ife, southwestern Nigeria. The respondents were selected using multi-stage sampling technique, and data were collected using pretested structured questionnaires. Anthropometric, blood pressure and random blood glucose measurements were done using standard protocols. Nutritional assessment was done using the World Health Organization (WHO) 2007 reference. Pre-hypertension and hypertension were measured using percentiles for gender, age and height. Analysis was done using IBM SPSS and the level of significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 14.4 ± 2.0 years. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 10.2%, and it was significantly higher among females (12.5%) than males (7.0%). The prevalence of systolic and diastolic pre-hypertension was 10.9 and 11.5% respectively, while the prevalence for systolic and diastolic hypertension were 14.4 and 8.6% respectively. Using WHtR to assess cardio-metabolic risk, 7.3% of the respondents were at risk. There were statistically significant relationships between BMI, WHtR and blood pressure levels (< 0.05). Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight/obesity among the adolescents was relatively high, and this was significantly associated with elevated blood pressure and increased risk for cardio-metabolic diseases. There is need for more interest and intervention by stakeholders into the cardio-metabolic health of adolescents in Nigeria.

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“…This agrees with a similar study in Abuja municipal area, wherein 34.8% of the adolescents had good knowledge of balanced diet. 26 It is possible that the adolescents had learnt about common food sources in school through subjects like physical and health education, home economics as well as food and nutrition. In contrast, less than half of the adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh, knew common food sources of energy and protein.…”

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Dietary Patterns, Nutritional Knowledge and Status of Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Ogide

Abikoye

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Background Adolescents in low-and middle-income countries, such as Nigeria, are at increased risk of under-nutrition and overnutrition. This study assessed this risk by examining the dietary patterns, nutritional knowledge and status of adolescents in Lagos state of Nigeria. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study in which six hundred and eighty-two (682) adolescents were selected from their communities using multistage sampling technique. Nutritional knowledge and dietary patterns were ascertained using structured, self-administered questionnaires and anthropometric measurements were taken to determine nutritional status. Data was analyzed using Epi-Info version 7.2.3.1 computer software. Chi-square was used to test for association between categorical variables and p-values ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant. WHO Anthro-Plus was used to evaluate nutritional status. ResultsThe mean age of the adolescents was 13.6±2.3 years. Only 12.0% of them had good level of nutritional knowledge with the males having significantly higher levels. Dietary pattern and diversity were poor with the majority consuming refined cereals (73.5%), salty snacks/high fat foods (69.6%) and carbonated soft drinks (46.8%) while only 9.7% took adequate amount of fruits and vegetables daily. Prevalence of undernutrition was 5.4% while that of overweight and obesity were 10.7% and 5.3% respectively. More females were obese compared with the males. Sex, age, educational status, source of information, daily consumption of snacks, infrequent intake of fruits and vegetables, nutritional knowledge, food habits and dietary diversity were statistically significantly associated with nutritional status of adolescents in the positive direction (p≤0.05).Conclusions Nutritional knowledge and dietary patterns were poor while overweight and obesity are higher than previously reported in the region; especially among the females. Adolescent nutrition intervention programmes addressing weight control especially among females is needed in Lagos.

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“…Kebiasaan melewatkan waktu makan menyebabkan asupan zat gizi makro berkurang. Hal ini didukung dengan penelitian di Nigeria yang menunjukan adanya hubungan signifi kan antara kebiasaan melewatkan waktu makan dengan menurunnya asupan makan (Otuneye et al, 2017).…”

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ASUPAN ZAT GIZI MAKRO DAN STATUS GIZI MAHASISWA ASING DI SURABAYA, INDONESIA<br><i>[Macronutrient Consumption and Nutritional Status of International Students in Surabaya, Indonesia]</i></br>

Levina¹,

Sumarmi²

2019

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Nutrient intake is one of the factors affect nutritional status. International students who live in other countries face different environment from their own country. The differences affects food habits, nutritional adequacy level, and nutritional status of international students. This study aimed to analyze the correlation of nutrition intake and nutritional status among international students in Surabaya. This cross-sectional study included 30 respondents. Food consumption was collected by Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire. Nutritional status determined by body weight and height. Chi-square test was used to analyze the correlation variables. The average energy intake of international students were 1,888 ± 379 kcal per day. The percentage of overweight international students were 20% and underweight were 16.7%. The results showed low correlation between energy (r=0.370) and protein (r=0.380) adequacy level with nutritional status, moderate correlation between fat adequacy level (r=0.410) and nutritional status, and no correlation between carbohydrate adequacy level (r=-) with nutritional status. The conclusion was lower macronutrient intake causes inadequacy energy level which causes one third of international students didn’t have normal nutritional status. Therefore, international students need to increase macronutrient intake by increasing meal-portion, choosing balanced food, and not skipping meal time.

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Relationship between dietary habits and nutritional status among adolescents in Abuja municipal area council of Nigeria

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References 8 publications

Nutritional status and Cardiometabolic health among adolescents; findings from southwestern Nigeria

Nutritional status and Cardiometabolic health among adolescents; findings from southwestern Nigeria

Dietary Patterns, Nutritional Knowledge and Status of Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria.

ASUPAN ZAT GIZI MAKRO DAN STATUS GIZI MAHASISWA ASING DI SURABAYA, INDONESIA<br><i>[Macronutrient Consumption and Nutritional Status of International Students in Surabaya, Indonesia]</i></br>

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