ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMPTION PATTERN TOWARDS OVERWEIGHT AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN ILARO, OGUN STATE.

ADEWUNMI, H. O. and ALABA, K.E. (2018) ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMPTION PATTERN TOWARDS OVERWEIGHT AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN ILARO, OGUN STATE. In: First International Conference of The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro ,Ogun State, Nigeria, 5th -8th November, 2018, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

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Abstract

This study assessed the consumption pattern of senior secondary school adolescents living in Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study used multistage random sampling technique to select sample of 267 students across selected secondary school in Ilaro. Structured and validated interview was used and data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistic such as frequency distribution and percentage, mean and chi square (X2) to test the hypotheses. Results indicated that the gender mean age of the respondents was 15.3 years. 25.8% of the female respondents had higher family size than their male counterpart which ranged from 6 – 8. Across the selected respondents, 78.7% of both male and female affirmed that they eat three times daily with mean value of 2.60. Result further revealed that most (55.8%) of the adolescents were disposed to relatively poor consumption pattern. The result of chi-square analysis shows there is no significant relationship between attitude and consumption pattern. It can be concluded that the consumption pattern of respondents are bad and if it continues unchecked could leads to overweight, obesity and risk of getting cardiovascular other non-communicable diseases in the future . The study recommends that there is need to develop an information booklet on prevention of overweight/obesity among adolescents.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2020 11:09
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2020 11:09
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/631

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