Background:The prevalence of obesity among adolescent has been on the increase
worldwide. This is probably a result of increase in the sedentary life style
and the increasing shift to western diet. Obesity in children and adolescents
has adverse consequences. These include increase in the rate of Diabetes Mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia,
cardiovascular diseases, etc with resultant increase in premature
deaths. Objectives: To determine the socio-demographic
and behavioral factors associated with overweight and obesity in apparently
healthy secondary school adolescents. Methods: This was a
cross-sectional study of secondary school adolescents aged 10-19
years randomly selected from two public schools and three private schools. The
weight and heights of study subjects were measured using standard equipment.
Body mass index (BMI) was appropriately calculated and the WHO growth reference
standard for age and gender, specific percentile for BMI was used to define
overweight 85th to 97th and obese (97th percentile and above).Results: Data were initially collected from 1250 participants, but 52 were
excluded due to improperly completed questionnaires. Thus, a total of 1198
students were ultimately included in the study, giving a response rate of
95.8%. These included 621 females (51.8%) and 577 males (48.2%) aged 10-19
years giving a F:M ratio of 1:0.9. The mean age of the students was 15.07 ±1.96
years overall, 15.13 ± 2.08 years for males
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