THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF NUTRITION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN LONG XUYEN CITY, AN GIANG PROVINCE

Ngoc Hiep Le 1,2,
1 An Giang University, Vietnam
2 Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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The study was conducted to determine the double nutritional burden status among high school students and some related factors. This study was designed as a cross-sectional study with 384 high school students in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province. Students were measured weight and height by anthropometric methods and collected information, eating habits through questionnaires. The research results show that the stunting, wasting, and overweight/ obesity rate was 8.3%, 7.8%, and 6.2%, respectively. The percentage of high school students who ate fatty, snacking, and sweet foods were high, at 60.7%, 79.4% and 68.5%, respectively. The percentage of students who have a habit of eating at night after 9 pm was 22.1%. Average family income over 10 million VND/month, fatty and sweet eating habits were factors contributing to reducing the risk of stunting and wasting, but increasing the risk of being overweight/obesity.

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