Nutritional Status in Relation to Food Habits and Lifestyles among Adolescent Boys and Girls of Sombaria Village, West Sikkim
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Underweight, overweight, food habits, lifestyles, adolescentAbstract
Background: Nutritional status is the health status of an individual resulting from the intake and utilisation of nutrients. Adolescence is a nutritionally vulnerable developmental stage, and insufficient dietary intake can lead to delayed sexual maturation and growth. Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the nutritional status in relation to food habits and lifestyles among adolescent boys and girls of Sombaria village, West Sikkim. Methods: Cross-sectional data on 100 adolescent boys and 100 adolescent girls were collected through a random sampling method from Sombaria village. An anthropometric rod and a weighing scale were used to measure height and weight respectively, following the standard technique of Lohman et al. Data on different food habits, exercise, sleeping hours and television time were collected from each subject. The prevalence of underweight and overweight was calculated by using z-scores for BMI for age and sex recommended by the WHO. Results: The present study shows that the prevalence of underweight was found the same between adolescent boys (4.00%) and girls (4.00%). However, the prevalence of overweight/obesity was slightly higher among adolescent boys (13.00%) than girls (11.00%). The study reported the higher prevalence of overweight/obesity in both boys (15.76%) and girls (15.68%) who preferred restaurant foods. Conclusion: Prevalence of overweight/obesity was higher than underweight in both sexes in the present study. Underweight was found to be more or less the same in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian adolescent boys and girls. However, the prevalence of overweight/obesity was higher in both sexes who preferred restaurant foods over home-cooked foods.
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