Influence of dietary and activity patterns on weight status of Ukrainian school aged children
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Halyna Pavlyshyn
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Victoriya Furdela
Abstract
Objectives
Dietary patterns and physical activity have significant influence on weight status. Despite numerous studies related to this topic, there is no existing research which provides complete population-based studies that identify the most significant predictors of pediatric obesity. Therefore, it has become the major goal of our study.
Subjects and methods
Three hundred school students between 10 and 17 years of age were participating in our study. All of them are currently attending various schools in city of Ternopil, Ukraine. Anthropometric measurements were performed for all participants. Information about food consumption and physical activity was obtained from distributed questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to identify the significant predictors of obesity.
Results
Lack of physical activity during week (OR=2.59 [95% CI 1.10–6.08]), long screen time in weekdays (OR=2.94 [95% CI 1.13–7.69]) and weekends (OR=3.63 [95% CI 1.55–8.50]), frequent consumption (OR=2.60 [95% CI 1.30–5.19]) and high amounts (OR=2.52 [95% CI 1.26–5.05]) of sweet beverages, fast-food consumption (OR=30.97 [95% CI 1.46–657.60]) and overeating (OR=3.99 [95% CI 1.26–5.05]) have increased chance to be overweight in children 10–17 years of age (p<0.05).
Conclusion
Decreased frequency in moderate physical activity per week, increased amount of sugar-sweetened beverages, fast-food consumption per day and food consumption without hunger, appear to be the most significant predictors of overweight and obesity among Ukrainian school-aged children.
Funding source: Ministry of Health of Ukraine
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Research funding: The research was supported and funded by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
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Author Contribution: Concept and study design was made by HP. KK, VF, TK, NL, NH performed children examination and take part in data acquisition. KK and VF analyzed obtained data. HP and KK wrote the article. VF, TK, NL, NH revised the manuscript. HP, KK, VF, TK, NL, NH approved final version of the manuscript.
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Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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Ethical approval: Research was conducted with all bioethics rules based on the Declaration of Helsinki “World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects” (2001) and Protocol No 43 of Bioethics Committee of Ternopil National Medical University (2017).
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