Prevalence and determinants of obesity among school going adolescents: A systematic review

Mangrola N, Patel K, Patel PK, Chauhan D, Patel N

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Nidhi Mangrola¹, Kuntal Patel², Piyushkumar K. Patel³, Dixit Chauhan^4,*, and Neeti Patel⁵

¹Department of Community Medicine, Kiran Medical College, Vadod, Surat, Gujarat 394520, India

²Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Kiran C. Patel Medical College and Research Institute, Bharuch, Gujarat-392001, India

³Department of Physiology, Kiran Medical College, Vadod, Surat, Gujarat 394520, India

⁴Department of Community Medicine, Nootan Medical College and Research centre, Visnagar, Gujarat 384315, India

⁵Department of Biochemistry, Kiran Medical College, Vadod, Surat, Gujarat 394520, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Dixit Chauhan, Department of Community Medicine, Nootan Medical College and Research Centre, Gujarat 384315, India. Email: drdixitchauhan14@gmail.com

Received 8 December 2022; Revised 13 March 2023; Accepted 21 March 2023; Published 29 March 2023

Citation: Mangrola N, Patel K, Patel PK, Chauhan D, Patel N. Prevalence and determinants of obesity among school going adolescents: A systematic review. J Med Sci Res. 2023; 11(2):136-144. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2023/11-26

Copyright: © 2023 Mangrola N et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Adolescence is considered as critical period for the development of obesity. The frequency of childhood obesity has increased over the last 3 decades, and it has emerged as a public health concern in multiple places around the world. A number of factors interact in a complex way to cause obesity, which is still not fully understood. Therefore, the purpose of this review was to identify and assess the scientific literature on the prevalence of obesity, and behavioural, contextual and biological factors associated with obesity in adolescents. The search was carried out using PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Scopus considering articles published from the establishment of the databanks until December, 2022. Data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents, and articles on the determinants and factors affecting obesity were reviewed. The results obtained and the association observed among the factors studied will be helpful to support the planning, implementation and evaluation of preventive activities and interventions.

Keywords: adolescents; childhood; intervention; obesity; overweight