Community and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2010 Dec;42(4):387-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01367.x. Epub 2010 Oct 7.
To provide current estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Jordanian adolescents 14 to 17 years of age living in Irbid Governorate, and to determine the factors that are associated with overweight and obesity.
Descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was used.
Body mass index, perceived stress, dietary habits, physical activity, and demographics of 824 Jordanian adolescents living in Irbid were measured through a multistage cluster sampling method.
The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was 19.1% and 6.3%, respectively. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among boys was 17.2% and 5.7%, respectively, and among girls was 21.0% and 7.0%, respectively. Both overweight and obesity rates were higher among girls. Physical activity, mother's educational level, and number of family members were negatively correlated with overweight and obesity. On the other hand, eating breakfast regularly, mother's weight, consumption of fried food, and perceived stress level were positively correlated with overweight and obesity.
Overweight and obesity are becoming a health problem among both boys and girls in Jordan.
Detecting the prevalence and the associated factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents is the first step toward proposing intervention strategies.
评估居住在约旦伊尔比德省 14 至 17 岁青少年超重和肥胖的流行率，并确定与超重和肥胖相关的因素。
采用描述性相关的横断面设计。
通过多阶段聚类抽样方法，对 824 名居住在伊尔比德的约旦青少年的体重指数、感知压力、饮食习惯、身体活动和人口统计学数据进行了测量。
超重和肥胖的总体流行率分别为 19.1%和 6.3%。男孩的超重和肥胖流行率分别为 17.2%和 5.7%，女孩分别为 21.0%和 7.0%。超重和肥胖的发生率在女孩中更高。身体活动、母亲的教育水平和家庭成员数量与超重和肥胖呈负相关。另一方面，定期吃早餐、母亲的体重、油炸食品的消费和感知到的压力水平与超重和肥胖呈正相关。
超重和肥胖在约旦的男孩和女孩中都成为了一个健康问题。
检测青少年超重和肥胖的流行率及其相关因素是提出干预策略的第一步。
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