The relationship between eating habit and food frequency consumption and overweight and obesity among pupils in some primary schools in Soc Trang province 2016

Nguyen Thanh Ha1*, Tran Giang Tuyen2

1Hanoi University of Public Health

2Vocational School of Health Soc Trang, Soc Trang province

Objective: To analysis of relationship between diet and eating habits with overweight obesity in pupils of some primary schools in Soc Trang city.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with using anthropometric measurements to determine the overweight and obesity rate in 1305 pupils and case-control studies to determine the relationship between diet and eating habits and overweight - obesity.

Main findings: The results show that overweight and obesity rate is 18.8%, in which overweight rate is 11.6% and obesity rate is 7.2%. There was a statistically signifcant association between fasting food, snacking and eating four or more meals per day, preferring fatty foods, sweet food and fast food with overweight and obesity (OR=3.9, 2.8; 1.5; 1.4; 2.8 and 1.7 respectively, p <0.05).

Recommendations: Appropriate nutritional education should be developed and delivered for children, parents and teachers to prevent overweight and obesity in children.

Keywords: overweight, obesity, diet, and eating habit.

*Corresponding author: Nguyen Thanh Ha

Work place: Hanoi University of Public Health

Email: nth1@huph.edu.vn

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