Prevalence of obesity among adolescents at secondary schools in Kirkuk city

Authors

  • abas Danok
  • eqbal ghanem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58897/injns.v26i2.175

Keywords:

Obesity, Adolescents

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

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Published

2013-09-30

How to Cite

1.
Danok abas, ghanem eqbal. Prevalence of obesity among adolescents at secondary schools in Kirkuk city. INJNS [Internet]. 2013 Sep. 30 [cited 2025 Jul. 25];26(2):96-101. Available from: https://injns.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/INJNS/article/view/175