[PDF] Top 20 PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG URBAN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN KHULNA, BANGLADESH

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... to overweight/obesity among Israeli adolescents: findings from the 405 Mabat Israeli national youth health and nutrition ...Becoming Overweight or Obese 408 in Middle-Aged and Older ... See full document

... From October through November 2007, we enrolled 198 students in this study; 99 cases and 99 controls. The par- ticipants were selected from class 5 to class 10 in order to tally with specific age groups. The mean age of ... See full document

... the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children support the findings of other investigators that this condition is an emerging public health ...overall ... See full document

... of obesity is confined not only to adults but also among the children and adolescents of developed as well as developing ...obese children will continue as obese adults. Obesity ... See full document

... A recent study among school children 9 - 13 years [14] reported a lower prevalence rate of overweight among school children in urban Kenya 16.7% among girls and 6.8% among boys than the [r] ... See full document

... the prevalence of overweight and obesity has significantly increased among adolescents of developed countries and becoming an emerging problem in countries undergoing socioeconomic ... See full document

... rising prevalence of obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is a major public health ...of prevalence of overweight and obesity and its risk factors ... See full document

... Childhood obesity was considered a problem of affluent ...the prevalence of childhood obesity varies from about 30% - 2% in USA and sub-Saharan Africa, ...the prevalence of obese school ... See full document

... of children having a TV set in their bedroom were more prone to be ...for overweight or ...but children were not allowed to play for long ...make children more fit as they decrease BMI as well ... See full document

... underweight, overweight and obesity among Palestinian school age children was found to be ...in obesity prevalence is most probably due to the fast urbanization and the ... See full document

... not obesity persists into adulthood, obesity in childhood appears to increase the risk of subsequent ...adolescent overweight and obesity is therefore very important but prevention strategy ... See full document

... the prevalence of obesity among boys ...(21). Among 278 Chinese school children in Kota Bharu, only four children were overweight, while 65 children were ... See full document

... Two factors were created from a set of seven socio- economic status (SES) variables using factor analysis with varimax rotation as proxy indicators for household socio-economic status. The first factor reflected house- ... See full document

... male children underestimated their weight, with higher disagreement among females (K = ...of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents is higher and therefore ... See full document

... the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its influencing factors in adolescent school going ...and obesity was assessed using international obesity task force ...high ... See full document

... in urban cities which might have a contri- bution to over ...regarding prevalence and contributing factors of overweight/ obesity among school aged children, though it is ... See full document

... the urban areas, were more overweight ...the children from the rural areas (4.7%). However, more children were found to be obese in the rural areas ...the urban areas ...the ... See full document

... 67]. Among US children, hours of television watch was positively associated with total energy intake and inversely associated with physical activity ...between overweight in children and the ... See full document

... in adolescents of Birjand in 2002, reported that overweight of students aged 11-15 and 15-18 are ...their obesity is ...the prevalence of obesity in Birjand adolescents has been ... See full document