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Archives   2008

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   20,  Number   3

TITLE:   Risk factors for overweight and obese middle school children in Dagon Township, Yangon Division.
AUTHOR:   Moe Myint; Theingi Thwin
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2008; 20(3): 186-190
ABSTRACT:   The school-based, cross-sectional study was conducted during July-October 2008, to identify risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among middle school children in Dagon Township, Yangon Division. Three hundred students (150 males and 150 females) from a randomly selected school participated in this study. About 77% of students were within normal BMI for age, 13.7% were overweight and 9.3% of these students were obese. By the binary logistic regression analysis, family history of obesity, low level of maternal education, eating snacks and others rather than rice and curry at lunch time, playing less than 3 days per week and playing less than 60 minutes per day were found to have statistically significant association with overweight/obesity.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Risk Factors. Obesity.
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