Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim

Hashim, Siti Rozidah (2011) Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim. Degree thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan.

Abstract

Obesity is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Because of that , this research was carry out to know the awareness of the causes and factors that causes the in increase obesity among children. This study only to parents who have child between the ages of 5 to 12 years. It is based on the questionnaire form, that was circulated around the Outpatient Department came from different socioeconomic were chosen as sample. This survey is in descriptive manner and all data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS (statistical Package for Social Sciences, Version 18.0) and AMOS (Analysis of Moments Structures) software. Result shows that most parents believe that obesity among children are caused by genetic factors and poor diet. Parents' perception also believe, obesity is caused by the increase in technology that cause most of the time children spend watching television and video games than doing sports activities

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Item Type: Thesis (Degree)
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Hashim, Siti Rozidah
200946946
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Azizan, Nurul Hafizah
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Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health services
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > Diseases of children and adolescents > Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > Diseases of children and adolescents > Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition > Corpulence . Obesity
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kelantan > Kota Bharu Campus > Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Keywords: Social Sciences, genetic factors, poor diet, obesity
Date: September 2011
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848
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