UBRISA

View Item 
  •   Ubrisa Home
  • Faculty of Education
  • Family and Consumer Science (formerly Home Economics Education)
  • Research articles (Dept of Family and Consumer Sciences, formerly Home Economics Education)
  • View Item
  •   Ubrisa Home
  • Faculty of Education
  • Family and Consumer Science (formerly Home Economics Education)
  • Research articles (Dept of Family and Consumer Sciences, formerly Home Economics Education)
  • View Item
    • Login
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Short communication socioeconomic status and urbanization are linked to snacks and obesity in adolescents in Botswana

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Maruapula_PHN_2011.pdf (109.7Kb)
    Date
    2011-08
    Author
    Maruapula, S.D.
    Jackson, J.C.
    Holsten, J.
    Shaibu, S.
    Malete, L.
    Wrotniak, B.
    Ratcliffe, S.J.
    Mokone, G.G.
    Stettler, N.
    Compher, C.
    Publisher
    PHN, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=phn
    Link
    http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPHN%2FPHN14_12%2FS1368980011001339a.pdf&code=4cc538588848b603a69d566e33aeaf5e
    Type
    Published Article
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Objective: To describe patterns of food consumption associated with overweight\obesity (OW/OB) and their links to socio-economic status (SES) and urbanization. Design: A nationwide cross-sectional survey. Setting: Secondary schools in cities, towns and villages in Botswana, Africa. Subjects: A total of 746 adolescent schoolchildren. Results: OW/OB is associated with greater SES, city residence and a snack-food diet pattern. Students belonging to higher SES compared with those from a lower SES background reported significantly (P,0?01) more daily servings of snack foods (1?55 v. 0?76) and fewer servings of traditional diet foods (0?99 v. 1?68) and also reported that they ate meals outside the home more often (90% v. 72 %). Students in cities ate significantly (P,0?01) more servings of snacks (1?69 v. 1?05 v. 0?51) and fewer servings of traditional foods (0?67 v. 1?52 v. 1?61) compared with those in urban and rural villages. The odds of OW/OB were increased 1?16-fold with a snack-food diet, a result that was diminished when controlled for SES. Conclusions: These data suggest that nutritional transition occurs at different rates across urbanization and SES levels in Botswana. In cities, increasing the availability of fruit while reducing access to or portion sizes of snack items is important. Emphasis on continued intake of traditional foods may also be helpful as rural areas undergo economic and infrastructural development.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1137
    Collections
    • Research articles (Dept of Family and Consumer Sciences, formerly Home Economics Education) [23]

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    @mire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of UBRISA > Communities & Collections > By Issue Date > Authors > Titles > SubjectsThis Collection > By Issue Date > Authors > Titles > Subjects

    My Account

    > Login > Register

    Statistics

    > Most Popular Items > Statistics by Country > Most Popular Authors