TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Overweight and obesity and associated factors among adolescents in wallis and futuna and cook islands
JO  - International journal on disability and human development IJDHD
A1  - Peltzer, K.
A1  - Pengpid, S.
SP  - 67
EP  - 73
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "2015 Wallis Futuna and Cook Islands Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)." 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2191-1231
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -