Dietary Patterns of Secondary-School Students at Grade VII and Grade X
Keywords:
Food intake, Student, Overweight, ObesityAbstract
Objective: To study dietary patterns of secondary-school students at Grade VII and Grade X.
Methods: Students both male and female at Grade VII and Grade X were taught about food exchange lists. Then the investigators asked them to fill their food intakes during the past 7 days by using food frequency. Also, the investigators measured their bodyweight and heights, then classified them by BMI into 3 groups which were normal weight (group I) overweight (group II) and obese (group III).
Results: The male students in normal bodyweight groups at Grade VII drank more milk than the females of the same group. The energy, carbohydrate, protein and fat intakes were not different between male and female students and among the 3 groups at Grade VII. In contrast, the male students at Grade X in normal bodyweight group and overweight group had more intakes of energy, protein and fat. Also the boys of the normal bodyweight group at Grade X drank more milk.
Conclusion: There were no differences in energy intakes among students of the same Grade of different BMI. Female students drank less milk than male students in the normal weight group. The male students in normal bodyweight and overweight groups at Grade X consumed more foods than the female students.
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