Hunger and Behavioral Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases in School-Going Adolescents in Bolivia, 2012.

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Romo ML.
Date :
Avr, 2016
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Preventing chronic disease. # pE54
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School of Urban Public Health at Hunter College, City University of New York, 2180 Third Ave, New York, NY 10035. Email: [email protected]. Dr Romo is also affiliated with the Dirección de Investigación, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.

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Hunger may play a role in noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk. This study used the 2012 Global School-based Student Health Survey from Bolivia to determine the association between hunger and risk factors for NCDs among adolescents. Hunger was associated with increased odds of nondaily fruit and vegetable consumption (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.21; P < .001), inadequate physical activity (AOR = 1.21; P = .001), and current tobacco use (hunger sometimes [AOR = 1.83; P < .001] or most of the time/always [AOR = 2.12; P < .001]). Interventions to reduce the burden of NCDs in Bolivia should address hunger, in addition to traditional behavioral risk factors.

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