Gender and socio-economic differences in BMI of secondary high school students in Ho Chi Minh city  

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Tang, Hong K. ; Dibley, Michael J. ; Sibbritt, David ; Tran, Hanh M.T.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 16 no. 01 (2007), page 74.
Topik: Obesity; body mass index; anthropometry; adolescent; Vietnam

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: A27.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objective: To assess the nutritional status of adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City , and in particular determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents across different sub groups, based on gender, household economic status and geographic location. Design: A cross-sectional survey based on a two-stage cluster sampling design. Setting: Secondary high schools in Ho Chi Minh City .Subjects: There were 1504 adolescents involved in the study, of which 50% were girls and the mean age of participants was 13.1 years. Results: Overall, 4.9% of the students were overweight and 0.6% were obese, while 13.1% of the students were underweight. The prevalence of underweight was significantly higher in boys than girls (p=0.001) and overweight and obesity were also higher in boys although these differences were not statistically significant (p=0.074). There was a much higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in students from schools in wealthy urban districts (8.2% and 0.6%, respectively) in comparison to students from schools in rural or semi-rural districts (1.6% and 0.2%, respectively) and these differences were statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusions: A transition in nutritional status is underway in this population of adolescents where overweight and obesity are emerging as a public health problem, but underweight remains a significant problem.

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