Nutritional status and Cardiometabolic health among adolescents; findings from southwestern Nigeria.
Adeleye Abiodun AdeomiIyanuoluwa Odunayo AdelusiPraise Oluwatooni AdedejiAdedoyin Esther AwofesoOlajumoke Omotoyosi OroleyeDoyinfunmi Lydia GbadegesinPublished in: BMC nutrition (2019)
The prevalence of overweight/obesity among the adolescents was relatively high, and this was significantly associated with elevated blood pressure and increased risk for cardio-metabolic diseases. There is need for more interest and intervention by stakeholders into the cardio-metabolic health of adolescents in Nigeria.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- young adults
- blood pressure
- public health
- healthcare
- weight loss
- mental health
- weight gain
- health information
- randomized controlled trial
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- health promotion
- heart rate
- body mass index
- social media
- high fat diet induced
- skeletal muscle
- climate change
- blood glucose