Association Between Using Multimedia and Overweight Obesity Among the Preparatory School Students

Madian, Abeer Abd El-Aziz; Ahmed., Marwa Mohamed

doi:10.21608/asnj.2016.192343

Association Between Using Multimedia and Overweight Obesity Among the Preparatory School Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Prof. of Community Health Nursing Dept, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt.

² Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt.

10.21608/asnj.2016.192343

Abstract

Abstract The Aim: is to assess association between using multimedia and overweight/obesity among the preparatory school students. Research design: A cross sectional design was used. Sample: using stratified multi-stage sampling technique, a total number of 900 students constituted the subjects of the study. Setting: the study was conducted at the governmental preparatory schools in Damanhour city Tool: Structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher after reviewing literature and used to collect data. Results: the results revealed that half of students were overweight and 16% of them were obese. The majority of overweight and obese students had personal computers and closely two thirds of them had home internet. Also, it was clear that, approximately half of all overweight/obese students and the majority of them were using computer and internet daily in school days and summer holiday respectively. However, less than two thirds of the studied students who were overweight and obese had health problems due to using computer and watching TV, mainly vision problems. The present study Concluded that, there was an association between using multimedia and overweight / obesity among the preparatory school students So, it is Recommended to develop and implement a school-based programs as these programs effectively diminish the consumed time for watching TV and PCs.

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