The Relationship between the Body Mass Index and Different Education Times in Secondary Schools

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and educational periods in secondary school students. The study was conducted on 832 students, 418 girls (Mage: 12.99±.83) and 414 boys (Mage: 12.92±.85), who received dual and full-time education in the centre of Sivas Province. As data collection tool, BMI was calculated by measuring weight and height, and the percentile curve developed by Neyzi et al. (2008) in the classification of obesity and underweight was used. As the statistical analysis, the mean, standard deviation, frequency, percent values were used for descriptive statistics of all variables and Pearson Chi Square test. According to findings of the research, the underweight student rate was 11.9% (girls: 6.1%; boys: 5.8%), overweight student rate was 9.1% (girls: 5%; boys: 4.1%) and obese student rate was 8.6% (girls: 5.2%; boys: 3.4%). According to their BMI, 33.3% of underweight students receive dual education, 66.7% full-time education; 47.1% of normal weight students dual education, 52.9% fulltime education; 61.8% of overweight students dual education, 38.2% of obese students full-time education; 59.2% of obese students dual education, 40.8% full-time education. A statistically significant relationship was found between the type of education and BMI (p<0.05). As a result, it can be said that the dual education system has increased the rate of obesity. However, the fact that the number of underweight students is higher than the number of overweight and obese students is important for introducing the habits of healthy eating.

Food Habits of Primary School students and Their Association with Body Mass Index.

“…As regarding the associations between BMI and demographic characteristic, the study demonstrates that, with the exception of the mother's degree of education (P. value=0.004), there is no significant correlation between demographic factors and body mass index .The reason may be related to the fact that moms are fully accountable for their children's dietary intake and physical activity more than fathers,mothers with a higher level of education help children to consume healthy diets. These results agree with the study by (Karadeniz & Can, 2019), which has revealed no link was found between sex and BMI (P= 0.179). In Turkey, Istanbul (Demir, 2020) revealed that there is no significant association between BMI categories and gender, which (P. value =0.231).…”

Dental caries and it is association with body mass index among primary school children in Babylon City, Iraq

“…It is distinguished by the demineralization of the inorganic component of the tooth and the destruction of the organic content of the tooth, which both commonly result in cavities (Sivapathasundharam & Raghu, 2020). Obesity is described as an abnormally large buildup of fat in the body that poses a medical issue (Karadeniz & Can, 2019). Some studies indicate that there is no correlation between dental caries and obesity (Wu et al, 2013).…”