ArticleAdolescent health, medicine and therapeutics2022
Overnutrition and Associated Factors Among High School Adolescents in Mid COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia: Neglected Public Health Concern.
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- Physical activity, screen time and sleep among children and adolescents: findings from the 2022 active healthy kids Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Burden of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International health · 2025Pooled it
- Nutritional status and dietary intake among Nigerian adolescent: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Double burden of malnutrition among women and children in Zimbabwe: a pooled logistic regression and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association with fast food consumption among adolescents in Southern Ethiopia, 2022: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Association between dietary consumption patterns and the development of adolescent overnutrition in eastern Ethiopia: new perspectives.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdolescent overnutrition is becoming a global public health problem, increasing at an alarming rate in developing countries. Overnutrition increases the risks of serious diet-related chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. However, there is limited evidence on the magnitude and risk factors of overnutrition in the study area.
objectiveTo determine the magnitude of overnutrition and associated factors among school adolescents in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from May to June 2021 among 498 adolescent students selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure. A systematic random sampling technique was employed. Self-administered questionnaires, including food frequency and anthropometric measurement, were used to collect the data. The BMI-for-age
resultsA total of 498 (98.4%) were included with the overall prevalence of overnutrition of 26.1% (95% CI: 22.3-29.9), where 23.7% and 2.4% had overweight and obesity, respectively. Being female (AOR = 3.32; 95% CI: 1.65-6.63), attending at private school (AOR = 4.97; 95% CI: 1.72-14.35), having sweet food preferences (AOR = 6.26; 95% CI: 3.14-12.5), snacking (AOR = 3.05; 95% CI: 1.11-8.36), sedentary behavior (AOR = 3.20; 95% CI: 1.67-6.09), and eating while watching TV (AOR= 2.95; 95% CI: 1.47-5.95) were significantly associated with overnutrition.
conclusionOvernutrition is a major emerging public health problem in eastern Ethiopia. School type, sex, sweet food preferences, habits of snacking, sedentary behaviors, and eating while watching TV were significantly associated with overnutrition. Therefore, public health strategies to curb overweight and obesity among high school adolescents are urgently needed in order to reduce the prevalence and its adverse complications.
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