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Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Turkish Adolescents as Related to Gender and Socioeconomic Status [J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol]
J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2010; 2(3): 111-116 | DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.v2i3.111

Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Turkish Adolescents as Related to Gender and Socioeconomic Status

Işıl Özgüven1, Betül Ersoy2, Ali Aykan Özgüven1, Pınar Dündar Erbay3
1Celal Bayar University, School Of Medicine, Department Of Pediatrics, Manisa, Turkey
2Celal Bayar University, School Of Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology And Metabolism, Manisa, Turkey
3Celal Bayar University, School Of Medicine, Department Of Public Health, Manisa, Turkey

Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of Turkish high school adolescents using anthropometric indicators and to determine the relationship of nutritional status with gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescents.
Methods: Six hundred eighty adolescent students (n=284 males, 396 females) aged 14-18 years were selected from 6 high schools of different regions. Nutritional status was evaluated according to the anthropometric indicators, which were based on the WHO criteria. Adolescents were grouped into three SES categories.
Results: The rates of being stunted, underweight, and overweight / obesity were 4.4%, 5.0% and 16.8%, respectively. Height and weight standard deviation scores (SDS) were significantly lower in adolescents with low SES (p<0.05). The frequency of stunting was significantly higher in adolescents with low SES (p=0.012). Frequency of underweight, overweight and obesity did not differ significantly between socioeconomic groups and genders (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Adolescents of low SES were shorter and thinner than those of other SES categories. Undernutrition needs to be addressed in low SES. Among all Turkish adolescents, the major nutritional problems were overweight and obesity. There were no SES and gender differences in prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Turkish school adolescents living in urban areas. Prevalence of obesity is rising, regardless of differences in SES and gender, in developing countries too.

Keywords: adolescents,socioeconomic status,nutritional anthropometry,obesity

Işıl Özgüven, Betül Ersoy, Ali Aykan Özgüven, Pınar Dündar Erbay. Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Turkish Adolescents as Related to Gender and Socioeconomic Status. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2010; 2(3): 111-116
Manuscript Language: English
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