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. 2017 Mar 21;2017:4863431. doi: 10.1155/2017/4863431

Table 5.

Association between stunting or overweight/obesity and demographic, dietary, and lifestyle behaviors among children and adolescents residing in orphanages.

Stunting (WHO) Overweight/obesity (WHO)
Sig. OR (95% CI) Sig. OR (95% CI)
Age
 <10®
 ≥10 0.017 5.201  (1.347–20.085) 0.301 2.982 (0.376–23.679)

Sex
 Female®
 Male 0.263 1.946 (0.606–6.246) 0.383 1.489 (0.609–3.644)

Duration of stay in orphanage 0.158 0.812 (0.609–1.084) 0.341 0.845 (0.598–1.195)

Intake of fruits
 Adequate®
 Inadequate 0.292 2.473 (0.460–13.301) 0.526 2.247 (0.184–27.459)

Intake of vegetables
 Adequate®
 Inadequate 0.723 1.357 (0.250–7.370) 0.603 0.522 (0.045–6.043)

Intake of milk
 Adequate® 1.00
 Inadequate 0.213 1.774 (0.720–4.376) 0.364 1.604 (0.579–4.444)

Intake of proteins
 Adequate®
 Inadequate 0.728 0.816 (0.258–2.578) 0.002 0.017  (0.001–0.291)

Regular breakfast intake
 Yes®
 No 0.015 6.852  (1.462–32.12) 0.416 2.672 (0.250–28.590)

Type of snacks
 Sweets
  No®
  Yes 0.381 0.564 (0.156–2.034) 0.037 6.492 (1.124–37.512)
 Salty snacks
  No®
  Yes 0.148 0.305 (0.061–1.526) 0.567 1.686 (0.282–10.089)

Number of hours watching TV
 <2 hours
 ≥2 hours 0.001 12.126 (2.659–55.288) 0.131 3.922 (0.664–23.159)

Number of physical activity hours
 ≥3 hr®
 2 hr 0.870 0.858 (0.138–5.354) 0.994 1.010 (0.096–10.663)
 1 hr 0.849 0.829 (0.119–5.773) 0.769 0.687 (0.056–8.424)
 No 0.450 2.079 (0.311–13.874) 0.997 0.0 (0.0–0.0)

Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.

®Reference.