The Association between Feeding Habit, Sedentary Behaviour and Overweight cum Obesity among Secondary School Adolescents in Owerri Imo State
INTRODUCTION
Background Information
Feeding habit refers to the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of “What” type of food are eaten, in “What” quantities and “When”.
Feeding habit vary from person to person according to culture, availability, age, state of health, religion, disease predisposition, type of work, climate and amount of daily physical and mental activities.
Sedentary behaviour is defined as a group of behaviour that occur while sitting or lying down and that require very low energy expenditure.
The low energy requirements distinguish sedentary behaviours from other activities that also occur while sitting down, but which require greater effort.
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. One of the measures of over weight and obesity is Body mass index.
Body mass index(BMI) is a simple index of weight for height, it is defined as a persons weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters(kg/m2)3.
Adolescence is defined as a transition period of human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood from 10-19 years.
It represents one of the critical transitions in the life span and is characterized by tremendous pace in growth and development that is second only on that of infancy.
Key development experiences besides physical and sexual maturation include movement towards social and economic independence and development of identity.
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