Level Of Physical Activity And Nutritional Status (Bmi): A Comparative Study Between Urban And Rural Adolescents In The Northern Region

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Abstract Dietary patterns and physical activity, in addition to countervailing social norms, that influence health and nutritional well-being of adolescents are increasingly becoming important in recent times. This study was conducted to compare the level of physical activity and its relationship with nutritional status (BMI) among rural and urban adolescents in the Northern Region. The study employed an analytical cross-sectional study design. The study used random sampling technique to sample 520 adolescents. The study administered a questionnaire on the respondents and the data analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0 and Microsoft word excels 2013. The study showed that, 9.4% of the urban dwellers were too thin for their age relative to 5.4% of the rural folks. Overweight/obese prevalence was 7.9% among the rural adolescents compare to 8.3% of the adolescents living in the urban areas. From the results, 52.9% of the urban adolescents had low physical activity compared to 43.9% of the rural adolescents. A multinomial logistic regression with reference to people engaging in moderate physical activities reveals that male’s adolescent are more than two (2) times (RRR: 2.24, 95% CI: 1.133-4.404, P-value: 0.02) more likely to engage in high physical activities than female adolescents. Adolescents whose fathers had up-to primary education only were found to be more than 13% less likely to engage in moderately physical activities than those whose fathers attended junior high school (RRR; 0.134, 95% CI; 0.0022-0.827, P-value; 0.03). Based on the results, it was concluded that adolescents were moderately engaged in some form of physical activity and this could explain why overweight/obesity was low among the study population. The study recommends that, parents and guardians as well as health workers and teachers encourage adolescents to continue with daily physical activities in order to sustain their physical activity levels.

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