Investigation of obesity, eating behaviors and physical activity levels living in rural and urban areas during the covid-19 pandemic era: a study of Turkish adolescent

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dc.authoridNobari, Hadi/0000-0001-7951-8977
dc.authoridGulu, Mehmet/0000-0001-7633-7900
dc.contributor.authorGulu, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorYapici, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorMainer-Pardos, Elena
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Ana Ruivo
dc.contributor.authorNobari, Hadi
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:41:58Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:41:58Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground The purpose of this study was to determine the eating behaviors, obesity and physical activity status of children of similar ages living in rural and urban areas and to examine these relationships during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic process. Method The research was conducted using the scanning model. The research group consists of children living in rural and urban areas in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of a total of 733 adolescent participants, 351 females (47.9%) and 382 males (52.1%). After anthropometric measurements were made, the Physical Activity Questionnaire for older children and the Yale Food Addiction Scale for children 2.0 were used to determine the food addiction and physical activity status of children during the COVID19 pandemic process. Since the groups were homogeneously distributed, independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation test were used. Result In terms of food addiction and physical activity levels, children living in the urban have higher scores than children living in rural areas. In addition, children living in the urban were taller and have higher body mass values than those in rural areas. In terms of physical activity level and food addiction levels, while girls living in the urban had higher activity levels than those living in rural areas, no statistically significant difference was found between the physical activity levels of boys. When evaluated in terms of general and gender, it was determined that children living in rural areas were overweight and obese at a higher rate. Obese children had higher levels of food addiction and lower physical activity levels than non-obese children. Conclusion In order to prevent childhood obesity, the level of food addiction should be reduced as well as increasing the level of physical activity. This study is limited in terms of cross-sectional evaluation. Future research can experimentally reveal how much obesity is reduced by methods such as exercise and diet interventions.
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12887-022-03473-1
dc.identifier.issn1471-2431
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid35820871
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85133946522
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03473-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/24988
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000824923200003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBmc
dc.relation.ispartofBmc Pediatrics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectChildhood obesity; Food addiction; Physical inactivity; Public health; Overweight; Weight management
dc.titleInvestigation of obesity, eating behaviors and physical activity levels living in rural and urban areas during the covid-19 pandemic era: a study of Turkish adolescent
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