Health literacy as a key to improving weight status among Palestinian adolescents living in chronic conflict conditions: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the moderating role of health literacy in the association between direct exposure to violence and weight status among Palestinian adolescents.

Design

A household cross-sectional study conducted in 2017.

Setting

A Palestinian district of the West Bank.

Participants

Palestinian adolescents aged 11-16 years.

Results

After excluding underweight adolescents from the 1200 who were initially recruited, the data of 1173 adolescents were analysed. A high proportion (62%) of adolescents were directly exposed to violence. The prevalence of obesity and overweight was 6.5% and 17.1%, respectively. The odds of obesity and overweight were 2.8 and 1.8 times higher among adolescents who were not exposed to domestic and school violence when they had l

SUBMITTER: Sarhan MBA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486360 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature