Comparison of energy balance-related behaviours and measures of body composition between Turkish adolescents in Turkey and Turkish immigrant adolescents in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the influences of migration to a Western country on obesity and related risk factors by comparing measures of body composition and energy balance-related behaviours between Turkish adolescents in Turkey (TR-TR) and adolescents from Turkish immigrant ethnicity in the Netherlands (TR-NL).

Design

Cross-sectional survey or baseline intervention data from six Dutch school-based studies and one Turkish study.

Setting

Primary and secondary schools.

Subjects

A total of 915 (49 % girls; mean age 13·1 (sd 0·8) years) TR-TR adolescents and 433 (51 % girls; mean age 11·7 (sd 1·3) years) TR-NL adolescents were included. Outcome measures were self-reported sugar-containing beverage consumption, fruit and vegetable intake, screen time, physical activity,

SUBMITTER: Akbulut G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10282419 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature