Comparison of energy balance-related behaviours and measures of body composition between Turkish adolescents in Turkey and Turkish immigrant adolescents in the Netherlands

Bibliographic Data

ID15096460
AuthorsGamze Akbulut (0000-0003-0197-1573, Gazi University, corresponding author), Mine Yıldırım (0000-0002-3189-5164, Amsterdam Public Health), Mine Yildirim, Nevin Şanlıer (0000-0001-5937-0485, Gazi University), Maartje M Van Stralen (0000-0001-5534-4271, Amsterdam Public Health), Nilüfer Acar-Tek, Nilüfer Acar Tek (0000-0002-8772-9608, Gazi University), Saniye Bilici (0000-0002-1235-0329, Gazi University), J Brug (0000-0002-1904-7349, Amsterdam Public Health), Judith SB de Meij (GGD Amsterdam), Makbule Gezmen-Karadağ, Makbule Gezmen Karadağ (0000-0003-3202-3250, Gazi University), Eda Köksal (0000-0002-7930-9910, Gazi University), A Oenema (0000-0002-4350-5821, Maastricht University), Amika Singh (0000-0001-5811-6282, Amsterdam Public Health), Amika S Singh, Saskia J Te Velde (0000-0002-4674-8052, Amsterdam Public Health), Hilal Yildiran, Hilal Yıldıran (0000-0001-7956-5087, Gazi University), Mai J M Chinapaw (0000-0001-6259-2441, Amsterdam Public Health), Mai JM Chinapaw
Year2014
Volume17
Issue12
Pages2692-2699
Publication date2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980013003388
PMID24476606
OpenAlexW2160786806
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

Objective To explore the influences of migration to a Western country on obesity and related risk factors by comparing measures of body composition and energy balance-related behaviours between Turkish adolescents in Turkey (TR-TR) and adolescents from Turkish immigrant ethnicity in the Netherlands (TR-NL). Design Cross-sectional survey or baseline intervention data from six Dutch school-based studies and one Turkish study. Setting Primary and secondary schools. Subjects A total of 915 (49 % girls; mean age 13·1 ( sd 0·8) years) TR-TR adolescents and 433 (51 % girls; mean age 11·7 ( sd 1·3) years) TR-NL adolescents were included. Outcome measures were self-reported sugar-containing beverage consumption, fruit and vegetable intake, screen time, physical activity, measured body height and weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences, and skinfold thicknesses. Results Our data showed that more TR-NL adolescents were overweight (31 % v . 26 %) and obese (9 % v . 6 %) and had significantly higher mean BMI (21·1 v . 20·0 kg/m 2 ), waist circumference (72·2 v . 71·3 cm) and suprailiac skinfold thickness (19·8 v . 13·1 mm) than TR-TR adolescents. TR-NL adolescents reported significantly higher sugar-containing beverage consumption (1173 v . 115 ml/d), less fruit and vegetable intake (295 v . 647 g/d), less screen time (253 v . 467 min/d) and higher physical activity levels (61 v . 27 min/d) than TR-TR adolescents. Conclusions Immigrant adolescents in the Netherlands were more often overweight and had a less favourable dietary pattern than their peers in Turkey, while their physical activity and screen time patterns were more favourable. These results suggest that adolescents from Turkish immigrant ethnicity in the Netherlands have adopted lifestyles towards the host culture

Body mass index · Geography · Immigration · Obesity · Overweight · Screen time · Turkish · Waist · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Gerontology · Internal Medicine