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Dynamics of Junk Food Consumption With Central and General Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Adolescent Tibetan Girls in India


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1 Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India., India
2 Formerly at Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India., India
 

Deterioration in health due to junk food consumption is a global concern, with adolescents at a greater risk. A cross-sectional study was conducted to understand the dynamics of junk food consumption with obesity in adolescent Tibetan girls (13–18 years; N = 276) of Himachal Pradesh, India. A pretested schedule and anthropometric measurements were used for data collection. Descriptive and bivariate analysis was done. The odds ratio was the determined. The study found that 45.28% of the girls consumed some form of junk food. Also, 25.4% and 16.3% were also centrally obese according to waist–hip ratio (WHR) and waist–height ratio (WHtR) respectively. Girls who consumed junk food were found to be at a greater risk (WHR: OR = 7.942, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.132–15.262; WHtR: OR = 3.652, 95% CI = 1.820–7.327 at P < 0.001) of developing abdominal obesity. Frequent consumption of junk food was found to be remarkably high (77.60%) among the studied population. It is of utmost importance to prioritize implementation programmes on healthy eating habits through various government and non-government agencies in order to improve health among adolescents.

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Adolescent Girls, General and Central Obesity, Healthy Eating Habits, Junk Food.
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Authors

Neelam Singh
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India., India
Shweta Singh
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India., India
Gautam Kumar Kshatriya
Formerly at Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India., India

Abstract


Deterioration in health due to junk food consumption is a global concern, with adolescents at a greater risk. A cross-sectional study was conducted to understand the dynamics of junk food consumption with obesity in adolescent Tibetan girls (13–18 years; N = 276) of Himachal Pradesh, India. A pretested schedule and anthropometric measurements were used for data collection. Descriptive and bivariate analysis was done. The odds ratio was the determined. The study found that 45.28% of the girls consumed some form of junk food. Also, 25.4% and 16.3% were also centrally obese according to waist–hip ratio (WHR) and waist–height ratio (WHtR) respectively. Girls who consumed junk food were found to be at a greater risk (WHR: OR = 7.942, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.132–15.262; WHtR: OR = 3.652, 95% CI = 1.820–7.327 at P < 0.001) of developing abdominal obesity. Frequent consumption of junk food was found to be remarkably high (77.60%) among the studied population. It is of utmost importance to prioritize implementation programmes on healthy eating habits through various government and non-government agencies in order to improve health among adolescents.

Keywords


Adolescent Girls, General and Central Obesity, Healthy Eating Habits, Junk Food.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi2%2F210-214