Obesity Awareness and Nutrition Behavior of Children in Uşak Province, Republic of Turkey
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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2019)
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13 December 2018
Published
19 March 2019
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children, obesity, nutrition, sport
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the awareness of children about obesity and their nutritional behaviors. Obesity Awareness Scale (OAS) and the Food Behavior Scale (FBS) were utilized for the data collection in the present study. The subjects were 699 male and female school children. Analyisis showed a significant correlation between the sub-dimensions of OAS and the total scores of FBS (p<0.05). There were significant differences on levels of OAS and FBS depending on educational status (p<0.05). The total score of FBS was also differ significantly between the healthy participants and the overweight ones (p<0.05). The results showed that there is a positive correlation between the nutritional behaviors and obesity awareness; being or not being engaged in sports does not have an effect in the study subject's obesity awareness and nutrition behaviour; the nutritional behaviours and obesity awareness are depending on the educational level of the mother and the father and the subjects who have good nutritional behaviors, also have normal BMI (Body Mass Index).
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Story M, Lytle LA, Birnbaum AS, Pery CL. 2002. Peer-led, school-based nutrition education for young adolescent: Feasibility and process evaluation of the teens study. J Sch Health 72(3):121-127.
Wardle J, Haase AM, Steptoe A, Nillapun M, Jonwutiwes K, Bellisle F. 2004. Gender differences in food choice: The contribution of health beliefs and dieting. Ann Behav Med 27(2):107-116.
Whitlock EP, O’Connor EA, Williams SB, Beil TL, Lutz KW. 2010. Effectiveness of weight management interventions in children: a targeted systematic review for the USPSTF. Pediatrics 125(2):396-418.
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Al-Almaie SM. 2005. Prevalence of obesity and overweight among Saudi adolescents in Eastern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J 26(4):607-611. Allen A. 2011. Effects of education al intervention on children’s knowledge of obesity risk factors [Phd Thesis]. Montana: Carroll College.
Atkinson RL, Nitzke SA. 2001. School based programmes on obesity: increase knowledge about nutrition but do not change eating habits by much. BMJ 323(7320):1018- 1019.
Barlow SE. 2007. Expert committee recommendations regarding the prevention, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity: Summary report. Pediatrics 120(Suppl 4):164-192.
Boumtje PI, Huang CL, Lee JY, Lin BH. 2005. Dietary habits, demographics, and the development of overweight and obesity among children in the United States. Food Policy 30(2):115-128.
Chen YC, Tu YK, Huang KC, Chen PC, Chu DC, Lee YL. 2014. Pathway from central obesity to childhood asthma. Physical fitness and sedentary time are leading factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 189(10):1194- 1203.
Cheung PC, Cunningham SA, Narayan KM, Kramer MR. 2016. Childhood obesity incidence in the United States: A Systematic review. Child Obes 12(1):1-11.
Cooke LJ, Wardle J. 2005. Age and gender differences in childre's food preferences. Br J Nutr 93(5):741-746.
Crawford PB, Story M, Wang MC, Ritchie LD, Sabry ZI. 2001. Ethnic issues in the epidemiology of childhood overweight. Pediatr Clin North Am 48(4):855-878.
Demirezen E, Coşansu G. 2005. Adölesan çağı öğrencilerde beslenme alışkanlıklarının değerlendirilmesi. Sted 14(8):174-178.
Demory-Luce D. 2005. Fast food and children and adolescents: implications for practitioners. Clin Pediatr 44(4):279-288.
Döring N, Hansson LM, Andersson ES, Bohman B, Westin M, Magnusson M, Larsson C, Sundblom E, Willmer M, Blennow M, et al. 2014. Primary prevention of childhood obesity through counselling sessions at Swedish child health centres: design, methods and baseline sample characteristics of the PRIMROSE clusterrandomised trial. BM Public Health 14(1):335.
Edmundson E, Parcel GS, Feldman HA, et al. 1996. The effects ofthe child and adolescent trial for cardiovascular health upon psychosocial determinants of diet and physical activity behavior. Prev Med 25(4):442-454.
Galczak-Kondraciuk A, Stempel P, Czeczelewski J. 2018 Assessment of nutritional behaviours of children aged 7-12 attending to primary schools in Biala Podlaska, Poland. Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. 69(1):71-77.
Gray VB, Byrd SH, Cossman JS, Chromiak J, Cheek WK, Jackson GB. 2007. Family characteristics have limited ability to predict weight status of young children. J Am Diet Assoc 107(7):1204-1209.
Güven A, Odaci H, Özgen ĠT, Bek Y. 2008. Effects of individual factors on adolescent obesity: Study in Turkey. Pediatr Int 50(3):356-362.
Hansson LM, Heitmann BL, Larsson C, Tynelius P, Willmer M, Rasmussen F. 2016. Associations Between Swedish Mothers’ and 3- and 5-Year-Old Children’s Food Intake. J Nutr Educ Behav 48(8):520-529.
Hern MJ, Gates D, Amlung S, McCabe P. 1998. Linking learning with health behaviors of high school adolescents. Pediatr Nurs 24(2):127-132.
Hood MY, Moore LL, Sundarajan-Ramamurti A, Singer M, Cupples LA, Ellison RC. 2000. Parental eating attitudes and the development of obesity in children, the Framingham children's study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24(10):1319-1325.
Isabela da Costa R, Taddei JA, Colugnatti F. 2003. Obesity among children attending elementary public schools in São Paulo, Brazil: A case-control study. Public Health Nutr 6(7):659-663.
Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Boyce WF, Vereecken C, Mulvihill C, Roberts C, Currie C, Pickett W. 2005. Health behaviour in school-aged children obesity working group. Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns. Obes Rev 6(2):123-132.
Kafkas ME, Özen G. 2014. The Turkish Adaptation of the Obesity Awareness Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study. Inonu University, Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. 1(2):1-15.
Lakshman R, Mazarello Paes V, Hesketh K, O’Malley C, Moore H, Ong K, Griffin S, van Sluijs E, Summerbell C. 2013. Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity-related dietary and physical activity behaviors in young children (preschool 0 to 6 years): Evidence mapping and syntheses. Syst Rev 2(1):28.
Lytle L. 2009. School-based interventions: Where do we go next? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163(4):388-389.
Macaux ALB. 2001. Eat to live or live to eat? Do parents and children agree? Public Health Nutr 4(1A):141-146.
Mirmiran P, Sherafat-Kazemzadeh R, Jalali-Farahani S, Azizi F. 2010. Childhood obesity in the Middle East: a review. East Mediterr Health J 16(9):1009-1017.
Must A, Dallal GE, Dietz WH. 1991. Reference data for obesity: 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index (wt/ht2) and triceps skinfold thickness. Am J Clin Nutr 53(4): 839-846.
Newby PK. 2007. Are dietary intakes and eating behaviors related to childhood obesity? A comprehensive review of the evidence. J Law Med Ethics 35(1):35-60.
Novilla ML, Barnes MD, De La Cruz NG, Williams PN, Rogers J. 2006. Public health perspectives on the family: An ecological approach to promoting health in the family and community. Fam Commun Health 29(1):28-42.
O'Dea JA, Wilson R. 2006. Socio-cognitive and nutritional factors associated with body mass index in children and adolescents: possibilities for childhood obesity prevention. Health Educ Res 21(6):796-805.
Öztürk M, Erdoğan S. 2010. Çocukların Beslenme Alışkanlıklarının Sağlık Davranışı Etkileşim Modeline Göre İncelenmesi. Istanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Doktora Tezi.
Padez C, Mourao I, Moreira P, Rosado V. 2005. Prevalence and risk factors for overweight and obesity in Portuguese children. Acta Paediatr 94(11):1550-1557.
Pérez A, Hoelscher DM, Brown HS, Kelder SH. 2007. Differences in food consumption and meal patterns in texas school children by grade. Prev Chronic Dis 4(2):A23.
Reynolds KD, Baranowski T, Bishop DB, Farris RP, Binkley D, Nicklas TA, Elmer PJ. 1999. Patterns in child and adolescent consumption of fruit and vegetables: Effects of gender and ethnicity across four sites. J Am Coll Nutr 18(3):248-254.
Rosas LG, Guendelman S, Harley K, Fernald LCH, Neufeld L. Mejia F. Eskenazi B. 2011. Factors associated with overweight and obesity among children of Mexican descent: Results of a binational study. J Immigr Minor Health 13(1):169-180.
Roseman MG, Yeung WK, Nickelsen J. 2007. Examination of weight status and dietary behaviors of middle school students in Kentucky. J Am Diet Assoc 107(7):1139- 1145.
Scaglioni S, Salvioni M, Galimberti C. 2008. Influence of parental attitudes in the development of children eating behaviour. Br J Nutr 99(1):22-25.
Simsek E, Akpinar S, Bahcebasi T, Senses DA, Kocabay K. 2008. The prevalence of overweight and obese children aged 6–17 years in the west black sea region of Turkey. Int J Clin Pract 62(7):1033-1038.
Stock S, Miranda C, Evans S, Plessis S, Ridley J, Yeh S, Chanoine JP. 2007. Healthy buddies: a novel, peer-led health promotion program for the prevention of obesity and eating disorders in children in elementary school. Pediatrics 120(4):1059-1068.
Story M, Lytle LA, Birnbaum AS, Pery CL. 2002. Peer-led, school-based nutrition education for young adolescent: Feasibility and process evaluation of the teens study. J Sch Health 72(3):121-127.
Wardle J, Haase AM, Steptoe A, Nillapun M, Jonwutiwes K, Bellisle F. 2004. Gender differences in food choice: The contribution of health beliefs and dieting. Ann Behav Med 27(2):107-116.
Whitlock EP, O’Connor EA, Williams SB, Beil TL, Lutz KW. 2010. Effectiveness of weight management interventions in children: a targeted systematic review for the USPSTF. Pediatrics 125(2):396-418.
Zaborskis A, Lagunaite R, Busha R, Lubiene J. 2012. Trend in eating habits among Lithuanian school aged children in context of social inequality: three cross-sectional surveys 2002, 2006 and 2010. BMC Public Health 12(1):52
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AkilM., & TopE. (2019). Obesity Awareness and Nutrition Behavior of Children in Uşak Province, Republic of Turkey. Jurnal Gizi Dan Pangan, 14(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.25182/jgp.2019.14.1.1-8
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