Risk Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity Occurrence among Female Students
Hassanat Elbashir Mohammed Mustafa *
Nursing Practice Department, Medical Surgical Nursing, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia and Faculty of Nursing, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Abstract
Aims: The study was conducted to assess the risk factors leading to the development of obesity among female students to adopt strategies to combat this problem and decrease the risk.
Methodology A cross-sectional study method was conducted among 129 participants at the University in 2017. Stratified proportional random sampling was taken. The electronic questionnaire and body mass index (BMI) observational checklist were used for consented participants who agreed to participate in the study
Results: Descriptive statistics, the Chi-Square, and T-test were used. The studied subject’s ages range from 18> to 25yers, most of them were single (93%), and their economic status was moderate. Most of the participants consumed unhealthy diets rich in carbohydrates, and fat. Also, more than 60 % of participants consumed low vegetables and fruits. Chi squire showed insignificantly overweight among low fruit consumers while the obesity among moderate fruit consumers (p-value 0.813).
Conclusion: This study explored the occurrence of both overweight and obesity were strongly associated with risky lifestyles for participants.
Keywords: Risk factors, overweight, obesity, female, students and lifestyle.