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Prevalence of obesity among adolescents at secondary schools in Kirkuk city | ||
| nursing national Iraqi specility | ||
| Article 1, Volume 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-101 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Eqbal Ghanim Ma; Abas S. Danok | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: to identify the secondary school adolescent's obesity, and to find out the relationship between adolescents obesity characteristics and their family history. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 537 adolescents (270 boys and 267 girls) aged 12-15 years selected by means of a multistage stratified random sampling technique. Results: the prevalence of obesity among adolescents was 22.3%. (55.8%) of the obese adolescents were male, (42.5%) their age is (13) years old, and (79.2%) of them coming from middle level of socio economic status score. There are a significant relationship between obese adolescents and their family history of obesity which indicated that obese father, and obese brother /sister (0.000, 0.037, & 0.000) respectively have a highly significant relationship with adolescents' obesity. Recommendation: Intervention programs focusing on promoting changes in lifestyles, food habits and increasing physical activity need to be implemented at the earliest stage of children life. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Obesity; Adolescents | ||
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