@article{ref1,
title="Overweight and obesity and associated factors among adolescents in wallis and futuna and cook islands",
journal="International journal on disability and human development IJDHD",
year="2020",
author="Peltzer, K. and Pengpid, S.",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="67-73",
abstract="This current investigation aimed to study the prevalence and associated factors of overweight/obesity among school-going adolescents in Cook Islands and Wallis and Futuna. Cross-sectional nationally representative data were analysed from 1,818 adolescents that participated in the &quot;2015 Wallis Futuna and Cook Islands Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS).&quot; Body height and body weight were assessed by self-report. The predictors of overweight/obesity were estimated with logistic regression analyses. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that the prevalence of over-weight/obesity was 63.2%, 62.6% in Wallis Futuna and 63.8% in Cook Islands; the prevalence of obesity was 33.6%. In multivariable logistic regression analysis for Cook Islands, older age and female sex were associated with overweight/obesity, while in the regression model for Wallis and Futuna, none of the study variables were found significantly associated with overweight/obesity. Very high prevalence rates of overweight/obesity were found which requires urgent attention. © Nova Science Publishers, Inc.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2191-1231",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}