
Background: Physical inactivity and unhealthy dietary habits are among the main behaviors that potentially have adverse effects on weight status in young adulthood and consequently, the future health of adults.Objective: The study investigated the dietary pattern and prevalence of overweight and obesity among undergraduate students at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.Methods: This study was cross-sectional and descriptive survey in design. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 300 respondents. Instruments for data collection were questionnaires including 24-hour dietary recall, food frequency questionnaires, global physical activity questionnaires, and anthropometric tools. Height, weight, waist, and hip circumference were computed to determine the respondents' body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio respectively. Descriptive statistics were carried out on data collected with SPSSV20.0.Result: Respondents were between ages 16-29 years with mean and standard deviation age, height, weight, and BMI as 21.46 years ±2.30, 1.69m±0.08, 64.82kg±10.29 and 22.62kg/m2±3.48 respectively. The proportion of underweight, normal-weight, overweight, and obese were 9.7%, 69.0%, 18.3%, and 2.9% respectively. 26.0% of respondents had abdominal obesity. 60.7% engaged in high physical activities. 25.6%, 10.7%, and 63.7% had inadequate, adequate, and excess energy/calorie intake relative to RDA. Cumulative weekly most consumed foods were pasta, sugar, biscuits, garri, etc., and low intake of fruits and legumes.
Dietary pattern, Prevalence, Overweight, Obesity and Undergraduates.
Dietary pattern, Prevalence, Overweight, Obesity and Undergraduates.
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