Consumption of junk foods by school-aged children in rural Himachal Pradesh, India

There has been an increase in the consumption of junk food (JF) among school-aged children (SAC) possibly leading to obesity and diet-related diseases among them. We do not have evidence on consumption of JF in rural areas; hence, we conducted a study to assess the consumption of JF by SAC in rural,...

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Published in:Indian journal of public health Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 65 - 67
Main Authors: Gupta, Aakriti, Kapil, Umesh, Singh, Gajendra
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 2018
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:
Age groups
Analysis
Beverages
Children
Clusters
Diet
Enrollments
Food
Health aspects
Health care
Health promotion
Junk food
Junk foods
Males
Nutrition research
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
ready to eat foods
Rural areas
school-aged children
Schools
Socioeconomic factors
Soft drinks
unhealthy diet
Vitamin deficiency
India
Himachal Pradesh India
school-aged children
Junk food
ready to eat foods
unhealthy diet
ISSN:0019-557X, 2229-7693
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Summary:There has been an increase in the consumption of junk food (JF) among school-aged children (SAC) possibly leading to obesity and diet-related diseases among them. We do not have evidence on consumption of JF in rural areas; hence, we conducted a study to assess the consumption of JF by SAC in rural, Himachal Pradesh. A total of 425 children in the age group of 12-18 years studying in 30 government schools (clusters) were included. The clusters were selected using population proportionate to size sampling methodology. We found high prevalence (36%) of consumption of JF among SAC during the last 24 h. Efforts should be taken to reduce the consumption of JF by promotion of healthy dietary habits and educating children about the ill effects of JF.
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ISSN:0019-557X
2229-7693
DOI:10.4103/ijph.IJPH_343_16