Assessment of Eating Habits of Adolescents Body Mass Index Percentile at Secondary School in Najaf Governorate

Authors

  • Haidar Fadhil Abbas
  • Zainab Neamat Jumaah
  • Mansour Abdullah Falah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14556

Keywords:

Eating Habits, Adolescents, and Body Mass Index.

Abstract

Objective: to assess and find out association between the eating habits and adolescents BMI percentile at
secondary school.
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: according to the body mass index; underweight was (6.7), normal weight was (61.5), overweight
was (9.5) and obesity was (22.3). (75%) of adolescents have a healthy eating habits while more than two
third of adolescents do not consumed fruits and vegetables.
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.

Author Biographies

  • Haidar Fadhil Abbas

    Assistant Lecturer, College of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq

  • Zainab Neamat Jumaah

    Assistant Lecturer, College of Nursing,
    University of Kufa, Iraq

  • Mansour Abdullah Falah

    Assis Prof, College of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq

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Published

2021-03-24

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Section

Articles

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

How to Cite

Assessment of Eating Habits of Adolescents Body Mass Index Percentile at Secondary School in Najaf Governorate. (2021). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 15(2), 1537-1541. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14556