Prevalence of Over Nutrition and Associated Factors Among Private Primary School Children in Bole Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kebede, Aweke (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Asefa, Brhan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-06T14:50:05Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:44:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-06T14:50:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:44:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Overweight and obesity are excessive fat accumulation in the body which can entail severe implication on people’s health. Obesity imposes unacceptably high health problem and economic and social costs on countries at all income level. Obesity represent a severe public health problem, mainly due to the global trend towards increased prevalence rates and the impact they cause in society .In Ethiopia, higher prevalence of overweight and obesity were observed in the Addis Ababa. There for the objective of the study is to assess the prevalence of overweight and associated factors among primary school Children School based cross sectional study was conducted among a random sample of 300 first cycle primary school students. Body mass index was used for determining nutritional status. Descriptive statistics, bivariant analysis and multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to see factors associated with over nutrition. The study revealed that 39.1% [95%CL= (34.4-44.6) of school age children were overweight. History of parental Obesity, where the families encourage their children to do physical exercise food preference of highly carbohydrate and Time allowed by parents to watch TV /video games were significantly at (P<0.05) associated with over nutrition in first cycle primary school age (6-11) years old students in Bole sub city Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Therefore, interventions need to focus on attitudinal and behavioral change towards child feeding and should target children, families and teachers to overcome the ever increasing problem of overweight in school age children are recommendable. Keywords: Overweight, Associated Factors, Primary School Children, Body Mass Index. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/14945 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence of Over Nutrition and Associated Factors Among Private Primary School Children in Bole Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |