Dietary habits and physical activity levels in Jordanian adolescents attending private versus public schools/Habitudes alimentaires et niveau d'activite physique chez les adolescents jordaniens frequentant une ecole privee par rapport a ceux frequentant une ecole publique
The present study examined differences in dietary habits and physical activity levels between students attending private and public high schools in Jordan. A total of 386 secondary school males and 349 females aged 14-18 years were randomly recruited using a multistage, stratified, cluster sampling...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Eastern Mediterranean health journal 2014-07, Vol.20 (7), p.416 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The present study examined differences in dietary habits and physical activity levels between students attending private and public high schools in Jordan. A total of 386 secondary school males and 349 females aged 14-18 years were randomly recruited using a multistage, stratified, cluster sampling technique. Dietary habits and physical activity level were self- reported in a validated questionnaire. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher among adolescents in private (26.0%) than in public schools (16.7%). The frequency of breakfast intake was significantly higher among adolescents in private schools, whereas French fries and sweets intake was significantly higher in public schools. Television viewing showed a significant interaction with school type by sex. A higher rate of inactivity was found among students attending private schools. Despite a slightly better overall dietary profile for students in private schools, they had a higher rate of overweight and obesity compared with those in public schools. La presente etude a examine les differences dans les habitudes alimentaires et les niveaux d'activite physique entre les eleves des ecoles publiques et ceux des ecoles privees en Jordanie. Au total, 386 garcons et 349 filles frequentant des etablissements d'enseignement secondaires ages de 14 a 18 ans ont ete recrutes aleatoirement au moyen d'une technique d'echantillonnage en grappes, stratifie a plusieurs degres. Les habitudes alimentaires et le niveau d'activite physique ont ete autodeclares a l'aide d'un questionnaire valide. La prevalence de l'obesite etait significativement plus elevee chez les adolescents des ecoles privees (26,0 %) que chez ceux des ecoles publiques (16,7 %). La prise d'un petit-dejeuner etait nettement plus frequente chez les adolescents des ecoles privees, tandis que la consommation de frites et de sucreries etait beaucoup plus importante chez les eleves des ecoles publiques. Le nombre d'heures passees a regarder la television etait tres different entre les eleves des ecoles privees et ceux des ecoles publiques en fonction du sexe. Un taux d'inactivite plus eleve a ete observe chez les eleves des ecoles privees. En depit du profil dietetique legerement meilleur des eleves des ecoles privees, leurs taux de surpoids et d'obesite etaient superieurs a ceux des ecoles publiques. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] |
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ISSN: | 1020-3397 1020-3397 1687-1634 |