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Native American Adolescent Obesity and Nutrient Intake
Author(s) -
Dai Hanchu,
Zheng Shasha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.812.43
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , anthropometry , native american , environmental health , psychological intervention , population , adolescent obesity , gerontology , vitamin , nutrient , demography , overweight , biology , endocrinology , ecology , ethnology , psychiatry , sociology , history
Improving nutrition and declining the rate of obesity have been demonstrated through many reports. Identifying obesity among adolescent minority populations have been long recognized, but little research has been done on Native Americans adolescents. Using anthropometric measurements and dietary assessments, the findings within each study have shown to obtain baseline measures to determine the prevalence of obesity within the Sherman Native American adolescent population. Data of each assessment appears to be of use for predicting obesity and creating effective future interventions. Compiling data using the Harvard School of Public Health Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire (HSPH YAQ), a semi‐quantitative food frequency questionnaire allowed significant data to be found between normal and obese weight students. Utilizing each finding allows more effective ways to target and reverse the inclining rate of obesity among Native American adolescents. Results show that antioxidants being examined on such as vitamin E and lycopene, are beneficial in lowering the obesity rate among Native American adolescents. Level of fiber, thiamin and folate consumption was significantly lower among obesity population in Sherman Indian High School's Native American adolescents. Dietary mineral intake was shown to be lower among obese Native American adolescents. As result, dietary consumption of these nutrients can be used to correlate and predict obesity and developing effective interventions for Native Americans in general. This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .