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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
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besity is the most serious long term health problem
currently facing adolescents and its prevalence
increasing worldwide including developing countries. Cross
sectional study was carried out among age 11-19 years in
both public and private schools in urban area of the state.
The data was collected using pretest self-administered
questionnaire, anthropometric measurement was also used
to examine their nutritional status. Obesity status were
determinedusing BMI cut offpoint, theoverweightwas found
to be 3.06% among female and 0.6% among male whereas
prevalence of obesity was 0.46% in female and non among
male. 62.6% snack daily, fruit consumption pattern was low
0.6%and 43.7% spend between 4-5 hours watching television
daily after school. Positive association exists between the
lifestyle and nutritional status of the respondents. Education
effort to improve nutrition knowledge can be incorporated
into course curriculum and focus on various components
within the system when implementing preventive measure
on obesity.
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ooakinola@yahoo.comThe prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in public and private school in two
senatorial districts of Osun state, Nigeria
Oyetunji Akinola and Abibat Babalola
Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Nigeria
J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-003