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Obesity among adolescents: sedentary leisure time and sleeping as determinants
Author(s) -
Liou Yiing Mei,
Liou TsanHon,
Chang LuChuan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05293.x
Subject(s) - obesity , overweight , medicine , logistic regression , demography , screen time , cross sectional study , gerontology , sedentary lifestyle , pathology , sociology
liou y.m., liou t.‐h. & chang l.‐c.(2010) Obesity among adolescents: sedentary leisure time and sleeping as determinants. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66 (6), 1246–1256. Abstract Title. Obesity among adolescents: sedentary leisure time and sleeping as determinants.Aim. This paper is a report of a study of the association between various risk factors and obesity among adolescents. Background. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents has nearly tripled. Physical inactivity, unbalanced diet, and unhealthy lifestyles may cause lifelong obesity. Methods. A representative, national cross‐sectional study was carried out between 2006 and 2007 with 40 middle high schools with 384 classes. We used a three‐stage stratified systematic sampling design with a probability proportionate to the size from the northern, middle, southern, and eastern areas in Taiwan. Questionnaires were completed by 8640 students (51·7% boys and 48·3% girls) aged between 13 and 16 years. Results. Obesity was identified in 7·2% of the participants and 16·1% were overweight. Using stepwise logistic regression, we found that those whose fathers or mothers were obese, watched television for more than 2 hours/day on weekdays and slept for less than 7·75 hours/day at weekends had a statistically significantly greater risk of obesity (females: ORs = 3·4, 4·2, 1·8, and 4·2, respectively; P < 0·05; boys: ORs = 2·3, 1·7, 1·4, and 1·6, respectively; P < 0·05). Conclusion. To help prevent obesity, strategies are needed to decrease adolescents sedentary leisure time and help them have sufficient sleep. Nurses can play a key role in health promotion in relation to childhood and adolescent obesity.