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Risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among urban school children and adolescents in Bangladesh: a case–control study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, May 2013
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Title
Risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among urban school children and adolescents in Bangladesh: a case–control study
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BMC Pediatrics, May 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2431-13-72
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Mejbah Uddin Bhuiyan, Shahaduz Zaman, Tahmeed Ahmed

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity has become an emerging urban health problem in urban cities in Bangladesh, particularly in affluent families. Risk factors for obesity in this context have not been explored yet. The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among school children and adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh. METHODS: From October through November 2007, we conducted a case--control study among children aged 10--15 years in seven schools in Dhaka. We assessed body mass index (weight in kg/height in sq. meter) to identify the cases (overweight/obese) and controls (healthy/normal weight) following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention age and sex specific growth chart. We used a structured questionnaire to collect demographic information and respondent's exposure to several risk factors such as daily physical activity at home and in school, hours spent on computer games and television watching, maternal education level and parents' weight and height. RESULTS: We enrolled 198 children: 99 cases, 99 controls. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that having at least one overweight parent (OR = 2.8, p = 0.001) and engaging in sedentary activities for >4 hours a day (OR = 2.0, p = 0.02) were independent risk factors for childhood overweight and/or obesity while exercising >= 30 minutes a day was a protective factor (OR = 0.4, p = 0.02). There were no significant associations between childhood overweight and sex, maternal education or physical activity at school. CONCLUSION: Having overweight parents along with limited exercise and high levels of sedentary activities lead to obesity among school children in urban cities in Bangladesh. Public health programs are needed to increase awareness on risk factors for overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in order to reduce the future burden of obesity-associated chronic diseases.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Philippines 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Unknown 401 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 71 18%
Student > Bachelor 59 15%
Researcher 36 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 7%
Student > Postgraduate 28 7%
Other 61 15%
Unknown 119 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 95 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 53 13%
Social Sciences 32 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 4%
Sports and Recreations 17 4%
Other 53 13%
Unknown 135 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2018.
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#13
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