Dietary predictors of overweight and obesity in Iranian adolescents
Joint Authors
Koon, Poh Bee
Lubis, Syarif Husayn
Asfahani, Nimah Bahreini
Dashti, Nada Ganjali
Noorv, Mohd Ismail
Abd Talib, Ruzita
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 9 (30 Sep. 2016), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-09-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Background : Considering both diet and energy expenditures possess some influence on weight status, research into dietary determinants of obesity is challenging but essential to rational planning of well-organized interventions to avoid obesity.
Objectives : This study aimed to determine whether dietary factors were predictive of overweight and obesity in adolescents in the Iranian population.
Patients and Methods: A total of 840 students, ages 15 - 17, from six schools were enrolled in this cross-sectional study.
A dietpatterns approach often has been used to describe the eating patterns in adolescents.
Height, weight, and waist circumference anthropometric indices, physical activity, waist hip ratio, and BMI measurements were determined.
Daily dietary data and weighed food records were collected in 2010 and 2011.
Abdominal obesity was defined according to world health organization guidelines, and the relationship between dietary predictor variables and the measures of adiposity were determined by using linear regression.
Usual dietary intakes were assessed in an experimental study of Esfahani students.
Results: In total, 38.5 % of girls and 32.2 % of boys had a Western dietary pattern as the more prevalent pattern.
The diet quality of adolescents with the lowest score on each dietary pattern was compared with those recording the highest scores.
Those with the Western dietary pattern score were less likely to exercise and had a higher prevalence of general obesity.
Adolescents in the greater quartile of the Mediterranean dietary patterns had the lowest odds of being overweight (OR 0.50, 95 %; CI 0.27 - 0.73) and obese (OR 0.48, 95 %; CI 0.15 - 0.80) than those in the lower quartile, whereas those in the greater quartile of the Western dietary pattern had the highest odds of being overweight (OR 1.69, 95 %; CI 1.10 - 2.04) and obese (OR 1.44, 95 % CI 1.05 - 1.84).
Higher consumption of a Western dietary pattern and a salty dietary pattern were associated significantly with obesity (P < 0.05).
Intake of aWestern dietary pattern and a salty–sweet dietary pattern were associated positively with measures of adiposity, namely body mass index and waist circumference.
Conclusions : This study showed significant associations between the seven dietary patterns and overweight and obesity among adolescents.
Using dietary patterns within adolescents can provide important information on dietary consumption, and this approach is clearer and much easier to follow.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Asfahani, Nimah Bahreini& Dashti, Nada Ganjali& Dashti, Marjan Ganjali& Noorv, Mohd Ismail& Koon, Poh Bee& Abd Talib, Ruzita…[et al.]. 2016. Dietary predictors of overweight and obesity in Iranian adolescents. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 9, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dashti, Marjan Ganjali…[et al.]. Dietary predictors of overweight and obesity in Iranian adolescents. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 9 (Sep. 2016), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Asfahani, Nimah Bahreini& Dashti, Nada Ganjali& Dashti, Marjan Ganjali& Noorv, Mohd Ismail& Koon, Poh Bee& Abd Talib, Ruzita…[et al.]. Dietary predictors of overweight and obesity in Iranian adolescents. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2016. Vol. 18, no. 9, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724919
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 8-9
Record ID
BIM-724919