Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997

Obesity is a common risk factor associated with health problems. A passive life style makes an individual more prone to obesity. A cross sectional study was carried out on secondary school students in Kelantan to determine the prevalence of obesity and its contribution factors. Six hundred responden...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Zaini Hussin, Noor Hidayah Ishak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf

id	ukm-4561
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-45612016-12-14T06:36:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/ Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997 Zaini Hussin, Noor Hidayah Ishak, Obesity is a common risk factor associated with health problems. A passive life style makes an individual more prone to obesity. A cross sectional study was carried out on secondary school students in Kelantan to determine the prevalence of obesity and its contribution factors. Six hundred respondents amongst form IV & V students from a rural and an urban area were selected as sample through stratified sampling of whom the 89.0% (534 students) participated in the study. The cut off point for obesity was body mass index > 30.0 Kg/m2. Prevalence of obesity is 2.2 % and there wasn't any significant difference between sex and school location. From univariate analysis the significant factors were hereditary , frequency of exercise, involvement in school sport activity, mother perception of obesity and reduction in food intake. From multivariate analysis exercise and mother's perception were found to be significant at the level of 0.05 Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf Zaini Hussin, and Noor Hidayah Ishak, (2006) Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 12 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=182&issue=Vol12(1):2006
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	Obesity is a common risk factor associated with health problems. A passive life style makes an individual more prone to obesity. A cross sectional study was carried out on secondary school students in Kelantan to determine the prevalence of obesity and its contribution factors. Six hundred respondents amongst form IV & V students from a rural and an urban area were selected as sample through stratified sampling of whom the 89.0% (534 students) participated in the study. The cut off point for obesity was body mass index > 30.0 Kg/m2. Prevalence of obesity is 2.2 % and there wasn't any significant difference between sex and school location. From univariate analysis the significant factors were hereditary , frequency of exercise, involvement in school sport activity, mother perception of obesity and reduction in food intake. From multivariate analysis exercise and mother's perception were found to be significant at the level of 0.05
format	Article
author	Zaini Hussin, Noor Hidayah Ishak,
spellingShingle	Zaini Hussin, Noor Hidayah Ishak, Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997
author_facet	Zaini Hussin, Noor Hidayah Ishak,
author_sort	Zaini Hussin,
title	Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997
title_short	Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997
title_full	Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997
title_fullStr	Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997
title_sort	prevalens obesity among secondary school students in kejantan, 1997
publisher	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2006
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4561/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:41:53Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:41:53Z
_version_	1777405644607848448

Prevalens obesity among secondary school students in Kejantan, 1997

Similar Items