dc.creator | Patsopoulou A., Tsimtsiou Z., Katsioulis A., Rachiotis G., Malissiova E., Hadjichristodoulou C. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T09:46:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T09:46:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier | 10.3390/ijerph13010083 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 16617827 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/77989 | |
dc.description.abstract | The increasing obesity trend in adolescence is a public health concern. The initial phase of Feeding Exercise Trial in Adolescents (FETA) aimed in investigating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents and their parents and in identifying associated factors among parents’ and adolescents’ demographics, eating habits, and parental style. The sample consisted of 816 adolescents, aged 12–18 years old, and their parents from 17 middle and high schools in Larissa, central Greece. During school visits, anthropometric measurements were performed along with examination of blood pressure. The students completed the study tool that comprised of demographics and the modified versions of Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), the Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate Questionnaire-2 (PIMCQ-2) and the Family Eating and Activity Habits Questionnaire (FEAHQ). Their parents completed a questionnaire with demographics, anthropometrics and FEAHQ. Normal Body Mass Index was found in 75.2% of the adolescents, 2.6% of the adolescents were underweight, 18% overweight and 4.2% obese. Regarding the parents, 76.3% of the fathers and 39.2% of the mothers were overweight or obese. The logistic regression analysis revealed that, overweight or obesity in adolescence was associated with gender (boy), maternal overweight or obesity, lower maternal educational level, eating without feeling hungry, eating in rooms other than kitchen and having a father that motivates by worrying about failing. A significant proportion of adolescents and their parents are overweight or obese. Future interventions should focus both on the parents and children, taking into account the role of parental authority style, in preventing adolescents’ obesity. © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84951845254&doi=10.3390%2fijerph13010083&partnerID=40&md5=f476d19bd639f5f8d729e61212fce3f1 | |
dc.subject | adolescence | en |
dc.subject | body mass | en |
dc.subject | disease prevalence | en |
dc.subject | health risk | en |
dc.subject | obesity | en |
dc.subject | public health | en |
dc.subject | risk factor | en |
dc.subject | student | en |
dc.subject | adolescent | en |
dc.subject | adolescent obesity | en |
dc.subject | adult | en |
dc.subject | anthropometric parameters | en |
dc.subject | anxiety | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | authority | en |
dc.subject | body mass | en |
dc.subject | child | en |
dc.subject | child parent relation | en |
dc.subject | clinical study | en |
dc.subject | controlled study | en |
dc.subject | cross-sectional study | en |
dc.subject | demand | en |
dc.subject | demography | en |
dc.subject | descriptive research | en |
dc.subject | eating habit | en |
dc.subject | educational status | en |
dc.subject | Family Eating and Activity Habits Questionnaire | en |
dc.subject | female | en |
dc.subject | Greece | en |
dc.subject | heart rate | en |
dc.subject | high school | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | kitchen | en |
dc.subject | learning | en |
dc.subject | logistic regression analysis | en |
dc.subject | major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | male | en |
dc.subject | maternal obesity | en |
dc.subject | multivariate analysis | en |
dc.subject | obesity | en |
dc.subject | Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate Questionnaire-2 | en |
dc.subject | Parental Authority Questionnaire | en |
dc.subject | parental style | en |
dc.subject | patient worry | en |
dc.subject | prevalence | en |
dc.subject | public health | en |
dc.subject | questionnaire | en |
dc.subject | responsibility | en |
dc.subject | risk factor | en |
dc.subject | school child | en |
dc.subject | sex difference | en |
dc.subject | sex ratio | en |
dc.subject | trend study | en |
dc.subject | underweight | en |
dc.subject | body mass | en |
dc.subject | comparative study | en |
dc.subject | exercise | en |
dc.subject | father | en |
dc.subject | middle aged | en |
dc.subject | mother | en |
dc.subject | Overweight | en |
dc.subject | Pediatric Obesity | en |
dc.subject | prevalence | en |
dc.subject | risk factor | en |
dc.subject | statistics and numerical data | en |
dc.subject | student | en |
dc.subject | Central Greece | en |
dc.subject | Greece | en |
dc.subject | Larissa | en |
dc.subject | Thessaly | en |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en |
dc.subject | Adult | en |
dc.subject | Body Mass Index | en |
dc.subject | Child | en |
dc.subject | Exercise | en |
dc.subject | Fathers | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Greece | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | en |
dc.subject | Mothers | en |
dc.subject | Overweight | en |
dc.subject | Pediatric Obesity | en |
dc.subject | Prevalence | en |
dc.subject | Risk Factors | en |
dc.subject | Students | en |
dc.subject | Surveys and Questionnaires | en |
dc.subject | MDPI | en |
dc.title | Prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents and their parents in central Greece (FETA Project) | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |