[PDF] Top 20 Factors affecting prevalance of overweight and obesity inurbanadolescents

... Obesity is a challenging public health problem and tracking of weight, height and BMI using simple charts. The factors that affect growth and development are interlinked and faced by several confounding and ... See full document

... The major conclusion drawn from this study is that low levels of physical activity, watching television, and consuming junk foods are associated with a higher prevalence of overweight. Thus, participation in ... See full document

... both obesity and overweight; the more the number of obese individuals increase within the family, the more the state of overweight and obese was observed (p ...of obesity and overweight ... See full document

... decades, obesity has been increasing at an alarming rate in both the developed and the developing countries [3, ...of obesity had already reached epidemic proportions in the developed countries [5, ... See full document

... of factors involving exposure to more stress that can lead to increased or decreased food intake as well as spending more time on studying with less physical activity—especially for medical ...important ... See full document

... both overweight and obesity was ...of overweight and obesity by household socio-economic status was equally ...of obesity was found among women living in the richest households, who had ... See full document

... Regarding the MTRR A66G polymorphism, our results indicated that MTRR 66GG genotype was associated with higher HDL-C levels in female subjects with over- weight/obesity. Jiang et al. reported that the serum TC and ... See full document

... of overweight and obesity were, age more than 10 years, upper socio-economic status, watching TV for more than 1 hour per day, the use of an automobile as a means of transport to reach school, and sleeping ... See full document

... as overweight and ≥25 kg/m 2 as Generalized obesity (GO) with or without abdominal obesity (AO) was considered in the present ...cm, overweight 80 to ...outcome ... See full document

... controlling obesity and overweight will be systematized in all health care units for stu- dents contained by PIPS in the different faculties, which are attended by professionals and interns in the nursing ... See full document

... The children of graduate mothers were more obese and overweight in our study. However data from NHANES in U.S. revealed children of graduate mothers were less obese. 14 The prevalence of thinness, severe thinness ... See full document

... being overweight or obese at 24 months were estimated with 95 % confidence inter- vals among patients who were underweight or of nor- mal weight at ...being overweight or obese at months ... See full document

... When analyzing the variables associated with insulin resistance, we found significant differences in adolescent female groups for all criteria. A higher percentage of girls (75%), than boys (55%), presented insulin ... See full document

... the obesity group were based on a relatively small sample size compared with the overweight group and the non-overweight/obesity group, especially among ...risk factors for elevated ALT ... See full document

... of obesity is ...of obesity include hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, stroke, premature joint destruction, arthritis, cholecystitis, some cancers and premature ... See full document

... be overweight/obese than those who used to walk or to cycle to and from ...come overweight/obese as compared to children who had performed moderate physical activities, which is supported by the previous ... See full document

... adolescents obesity, opposite to the findings of Birch and Ventura ...youth obesity given their potential, as strongly recommended in a recent review on social influence in childhood obesity ... See full document

... A few studies have used the data to examine a relationship between BMI and socioeconomic status in children. Our study shows that there is no significant relationship between socioeconomic status of parents (level ... See full document

... dietary factors, loneliness, behavioural patterns, age of menarche, and order of births of the students and how these factors might have an may influence on their different weight statuses, it is reasonable ... See full document

... medical history of hypercholesterolaemia (HC), CVD, DM, hypertension and other disorders. All participants mentioned their lifestyle pattern and eating habits. All participants' body weight and height were determined to ... See full document