Evaluation of nutritional status in Turkish adolescents as related to gender and socioeconomic status

dc.contributor.authorÖzgüven I.
dc.contributor.authorErsoy B.
dc.contributor.authorÖzgüven A.A.
dc.contributor.authorErbay P.D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:20:45Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:20:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractObjective: To evaluate the nutritional status of Turkish high school adolescents using anthropometric indicators and to determine the relationship of nutritional status with gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescents. Methods: Six hundred eighty adolescent students (n=284 males, 396 females) aged 14-18 years were selected from 6 high schools of different regions. Nutritional status was evaluated according to the anthropometric indicators, which were based on the WHO criteria. Adolescents were grouped into three SES categories. Results: The rates of being stunted, underweight, and overweigh/obesity were 4.4%, 5.0% and 16.8%, respectively. Height and weight standard deviation scores (SDS) were significantly lower in adolescents with low SES (p<0.05). The frequency of stunting was significantly higher in adolescents with low SES (p=0.012). Frequency of underweight, overweight and obesity did not differ significantly between socioeconomic groups and genders (p>0.05). Conclusion: Adolescents of low SES were shorter and thinner than those of other SES categories. Undernutrition needs to be addressed in low SES. Among all Turkish adolescents, the major nutritional problems were overweight and obesity. There were no SES and gender differences in prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Turkish school adolescents living in urban areas. Prevalence of obesity is rising, regardless of differences in SES and gender, in developing countries too. © Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.4274/jcrpe.v2i3.111
dc.identifier.issn13085735
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/18308
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAnthropometry
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectEducational Status
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectNutritional Status
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectOverweight
dc.subjectSex Factors
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Factors
dc.subjectThinness
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadolescent disease
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectanthropometry
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbody height
dc.subjectbody weight
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjecthigh school student
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectnutritional status
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectsocial status
dc.subjectTurkey (republic)
dc.subjectunderweight
dc.titleEvaluation of nutritional status in Turkish adolescents as related to gender and socioeconomic status
dc.typeArticle

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