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Original Article

Volume 9, Number 6, June 2017, pages 520-524


Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Obesity Awareness in School Students

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. BMI.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Waist circumference.

Tables

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of the Whole Cohort
 
Baseline characteristics (N = 528)
Mean age (years)15.58 (SD 1.801)
Male (%)82.6
Female (%)17.4
High school students (%)46
Intermediate school students (%)54
Attending governmental school (%)86.9
Mean height (m)1.62 (SD 0.11)
Mean weight (kg)59.80 (SD 19.85)
Mean BMI (kg/m2)22.37 (SD 6.006)
Mean waist circumference (cm)79.77 (SD 14.85)
Socioeconomic status
  Live with both parents (%)89.4
  Live in house they own (%)58
  Both parents working (%)27.3
  Lower level of education (father) (%)47.1
  Lower level of education (mother) (%)60.2
Sleeping habits
  Less than 6 h sleeping/night (%)33.9
  More than 8 h sleeping/night (%)23
Lifestyle habits
  Use electronic device daily (%)79.9
  TV in the bed room (%)46
  Eating and watch TV (%)68.6
  Play video game on a daily basis (%)28.8
Dietary habit
  Daily breakfast eating (%)69.6
  Breakfast at home (%)38.3
  Lunch with family (%)87.8
  Dinner with family (%)85.2
Eating fruit at least once daily (%)20.2
  Eating fast food on a daily basis (%)7
  Soft drinks at least once daily (%)32.7
Physical activity
  Sedentary life style (%)37.6
  Practicing sports more than 300 min/week (%)17.1
Transportation
  Walking to and from the school daily (%)28.8
Smoking
  Active (%)5.9
  Passive (%)46.3
ORK-10 scale
  Mean OKR-10 score (SD)3.15 (SD 1.9)
  Aware (%)25.4
  Unaware (%)74.6
Do you consider obesity as a disease?
  Yes (%)83.3
  No (%)16.7

 

Table 2. Groups Based on ORK-10 Score and Awareness Level
 
Baseline characteristicAwareNon-awareP value
Students in the group (%)25.474.6n/a
Mean ORK-10 score5.6 (SD 0.8)2.3 (SD 1.4)< 0.001
Mean age (years)16.1(SD 1.8)15.4 (SD 1.8)< 0.001
Male (%)92.479.7< 0.001
High school students (%)59.141.90.001
Intermediate school students (%)40.958.1
Attending governmental school (%)76.590.4< 0.001
Mean height (m)1.66 (SD 0.1)1.61 (0.11)< 0.001
Mean weight (kg)62.3 (SD 20.7)59.0 (SD 19.5)0.098
Mean BMI (kg/m2)22.4 (SD 6.1)22.4 (SD 6.0)0.953
Mean waist circumference (cm)80.7 (SD 13.6)79.5 (SD 15.3)0.395
Socioeconomic
  Live with both parents (%)92.488.30.808
  Live in house they own (%)53.859.30.264
  Both parents working (%)32.625.30.091
  Lower level of education (father) (%)48.546.60.947
  Lower level of education (mother) (%)52.762.70.265
Sleeping habits
  Less than 6 h sleeping/night (%)31.334.70.700
  More than 8 h sleeping/night (%)24.422.5
Lifestyle habits
  Use electronic device daily (%)89.476.60.030
  TV in the bed room (%)47.345.50.930
  Eating and watch TV (%)66.769.00.555
  Play video game on a daily basis (%)28.828.80.261
Dietary habits
  Daily breakfast eating (%)66.770.90.207
  Breakfast at home (%)39.538.10.180
  Lunch with family (%)85.588.50.968
  Dinner with family (%)88.684.30.021
  Eating fruit at least daily (%)22.119.50.027
  Eating fast food on a daily basis (%)8.46.40.658
  Soft drinks at least once daily (%)29.533.90.687
Physical activity
  Sedentary life style (%)33.139.00.794
  Practicing sports more than 300 min/week (%)18.516.7
Transportation
  Walking to and from the school daily (%)34.435.40.745
Smoking
  Active (%)8.45.10.379
  Passive (%)45.846.60.640
Do you consider obesity as a disease?
  Yes (%)92.480.7< 0.001

 

Table 3. Groups Based on BMI Categories
 
UnderweightNormal weightOverweightObeseP value
Number of students (%)33.139.315.711.9n/a
Aware (%)25.526.422.725.40.629
Consider obesity as a disease?80%84.1%88%84.1%0.650