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ritional status in eight-grade students of Zgornja Gorenjska prehrana otrok in mladostnikov | nutrition of children and adolescents
Ksenija Noč, Andreja Kvas
Osnovno zdravstvo Gorenjske, OE Zdravstveni dom Jesenice, Cesta M. Tita 78,
4270 Jesenice, Slovenia
Intoroduction: The aim of the study was to analyze population of eighth grade
students in municipalities Jesenice (urban enviroment), Kranjska Gora and
Žirovnica (rural enviroment): nutritional status, the subjective opinion about
their weight and unhealthy nutritional habits (by using sweets, sweet carbonat-
ed in non-carbonated beverages, salty snacks) and to identify the differences
based on the living environment. Methods : We conducted a cross- sectional
study and used the descriptive method. The measuring instrument was a ques-
tionnaire. Analyses were conducted with t-test for two independent samples,
ANOVA and Chi-squared test. Results: The response rate of the whole pop-
ulation (N = 262) was 68.3 % (n = 179). At 5 % level of risk there is no statis-
tically significant association between body mass index in zone overweight or
obese and the environment the children come from. There is also no statisti-
cally significant realtionship between the opinion of body weight and the living
environment (p = 0.912), but there are some statistically significant relation-
ship in averige of body mass index and opinion of body weight. Significant dif-
ferences were found in drinking sweet drinks:eighth grade students from the
urban environment drank more sweet drinks. Discussion and conclusion: The
research is source and opportunity for health education in local commmunity.
Keywords: obesity, children, nurse, health education
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Ksenija Noč, Andreja Kvas
Osnovno zdravstvo Gorenjske, OE Zdravstveni dom Jesenice, Cesta M. Tita 78,
4270 Jesenice, Slovenia
Intoroduction: The aim of the study was to analyze population of eighth grade
students in municipalities Jesenice (urban enviroment), Kranjska Gora and
Žirovnica (rural enviroment): nutritional status, the subjective opinion about
their weight and unhealthy nutritional habits (by using sweets, sweet carbonat-
ed in non-carbonated beverages, salty snacks) and to identify the differences
based on the living environment. Methods : We conducted a cross- sectional
study and used the descriptive method. The measuring instrument was a ques-
tionnaire. Analyses were conducted with t-test for two independent samples,
ANOVA and Chi-squared test. Results: The response rate of the whole pop-
ulation (N = 262) was 68.3 % (n = 179). At 5 % level of risk there is no statis-
tically significant association between body mass index in zone overweight or
obese and the environment the children come from. There is also no statisti-
cally significant realtionship between the opinion of body weight and the living
environment (p = 0.912), but there are some statistically significant relation-
ship in averige of body mass index and opinion of body weight. Significant dif-
ferences were found in drinking sweet drinks:eighth grade students from the
urban environment drank more sweet drinks. Discussion and conclusion: The
research is source and opportunity for health education in local commmunity.
Keywords: obesity, children, nurse, health education
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