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Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
Obesity Middle East 2018
June 25-26, 2018
June 25-26, 2018 Dubai, UAE
Middle East Obesity, Bariatric Surgery
and Endocrinology Congress
Prevalence of overweight and obesity and its associated risk factors among primary public school
students (10-14) years old in Arkaweet-Khartoum-Sudan
Huda Abbass Alhadi
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background:
Childhood obesity is one of themost serious health challenges of the 21
st
century.The problem is global and the prevalence
is increasing at an alarming rate.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of overweight and obesity among primary public-school children
(10-14) years old in Arkaweet, Khartoum, Sudan.
Materials & Method:
A descriptive cross-sectional school-based study was conducted among primary school student's males and
females in Arkaweet, Khartoum, Sudan. Simple random sampling was used. The data was collected through a self-administered
questionnaire. Height and weight of the subjects were measured and Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated, using growth charts of
Center of Disease and Control (CDC).
Result:
A total of 161 children between ages of 10 and 14 were involved in the study. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was
34% and 4.97%, respectively. Females had a higher prevalence of overweight 38.3% when compared to males 30%. Obesity also was
highly prevalent in females (7.4%) than in males (2.4 %) most subjects studied healthy-weight (50.9%). The mean weight is 48.1, mean
height is 141.2. There was significance association between educational level of father (p value=0.000), educational level of mother (p
value=0.000), job of mother (p value=o,o46), physical activities (p value=0.034), watching TV (p value=0.04) and playing video games
(p value=0.000) for long hours per day, number of daily meals (p value=0.002), type of food, fast food (p value=0.032) and soft drinks
consumption (p value=0.000) and family size (p value=0.003) There was obvious psychological impact among overweight and obese
students, as they suffer a lot from their classmate bulling.
Conclusion:
The results of the current study provide alarming evidence-based data on the considerable prevalence of childhood
overweight and obesity among primary public-school students in Arkaweet Khartoum, Sudan.
Biography
Huda Abbass Alhadi is a 5
th
year medical student of faculty of medicine at university of Khartoum. She studied research methodology as part of college curriculum.
Huda Abbass worked as an author in research on childhood obesity 2017-2018 and as data collector in another research in the university 2016-2017.
hudaabbass766@gmail.comHuda Abbass Alhadi, J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C3-064