Shah1, U., Saeed2, U., Bibi3,, M., Ullah3, ,., Shahid4, I., Zubair5, D., Islam6,, ,., Basit, A., Iqbal Khan Rahman8, M. (2024). Prevalence of Obesity and Malnutrition among School-Aged Children of the District Peshawar. test, 39(3), 165-172. doi: 10.21608/enj.2024.391626
Usman Shah1; Usman Saeed2; Maryam Bibi3,; , Shakir Ullah3; Ismail Shahid4; Dr Yasir Zubair5; , Dr Umair Islam6,; Ali7 Basit; Muhammad Iqbal Khan Rahman8. "Prevalence of Obesity and Malnutrition among School-Aged Children of the District Peshawar". test, 39, 3, 2024, 165-172. doi: 10.21608/enj.2024.391626
Shah1, U., Saeed2, U., Bibi3,, M., Ullah3, ,., Shahid4, I., Zubair5, D., Islam6,, ,., Basit, A., Iqbal Khan Rahman8, M. (2024). 'Prevalence of Obesity and Malnutrition among School-Aged Children of the District Peshawar', test, 39(3), pp. 165-172. doi: 10.21608/enj.2024.391626
Shah1, U., Saeed2, U., Bibi3,, M., Ullah3, ,., Shahid4, I., Zubair5, D., Islam6,, ,., Basit, A., Iqbal Khan Rahman8, M. Prevalence of Obesity and Malnutrition among School-Aged Children of the District Peshawar. test, 2024; 39(3): 165-172. doi: 10.21608/enj.2024.391626

Prevalence of Obesity and Malnutrition among School-Aged Children of the District Peshawar

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition
Volume 39, Issue 3 - Serial Number 1, September 2024, Pages 165-172    PDF (349.83 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/enj.2024.391626
Authors
Usman Shah11; Usman Saeed22; Maryam Bibi3,3; , Shakir Ullah3; Ismail Shahid44; Dr Yasir Zubair55; , Dr Umair Islam6,6; Ali7 Basit7; Muhammad Iqbal Khan Rahman88
11Department of Health Sciences Khyber Medical University Peshawar Pakistan
22Department of Zoology GC University Lahore Pakistan
33Department of Microbiology Abasyn University Peshawar Pakistan
44Department of biotechnology and genetic engineering agriculture University Peshawar Pakistan.
55Department Public Health Health services academy Islamabad Pakistan
66 Department of Internal Medicine KTH Peshawar Pakistan
77 Department of Veterinary Tando jam University Sindh Pakistan
88 Department of Microbiology University of Swat, Pakistan,
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Malnutrition and Obesity are worldwide health phenomena so the aims of the study were to assist the prevalence of obesity and malnutrition among school-aged children of the district Peshawar. Institutional based cross-sectional study designs were used. In which total of 3000 children between the ages of 4-15 years were studied. A regular random sampling method was used for sample collection. A total of 3000 students were participated in this study. The numbers of male students and females students were same. The overall results shows that out of 1500 students the ration of underweight were 103(7%) and obese (6.1%) respectively. Our study shows that nutritional factors are important since obesity and overweight increase with socioeconomic status as well as with nutritional intake. So Obesity was found High socioeconomic status groups should be directed for overweight while underweight and nutritional deficiency is a problem of lower socioeconomic status. Meat, Milk intake and lack of physical activity that have been identified in the current study. We observed that a strong relation was found in nutrition with food intake and socioeconomic status.
 
Keywords
Keywords: Obesity; Overweight; Underweight; Malnutrition
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