Prevalence of and risk factors for overweight among adolescents of a sub-metropolitan city of Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overweight is a global public health problem with increasing trend especially in middle to lower socioeconomic country like Nepal. The nutritional status of adolescents being shaped by socio-cultural, environmental, and economic factors has also been impacted by their food habits and level of physical activity. The current nutritional shift and rapid urbanization had emerged overweight as an additional burden for consistently prevalent undernutrition issues. So, the study aimed to identify the prevalence of and risk factors for overweight among school adolescents.

Methods

A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out among random sample of 279 adolescents from nine schools of a Sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The anthropometric measurement of the height and t

SUBMITTER: Khatri E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987791 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature