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

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...

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Main Author: Hashim, Siti Rozidah
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/
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description 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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spelling uitm-328482020-07-28T02:53:53Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/ Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim Hashim, Siti Rozidah Child Health. Child health services Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition Corpulence . Obesity 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 2011-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/1/32848.pdf 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. (2011) Degree thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan.
spellingShingle Child Health. Child health services
Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition
Corpulence . Obesity
Hashim, Siti Rozidah
Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_full Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_fullStr Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_full_unstemmed Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_short Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_sort parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children at innovation center and quality unit hospital jitra / siti rozidah hashim
topic Child Health. Child health services
Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition
Corpulence . Obesity
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/