Lifestyle and dietary habits of high school going students in north-eastern part of Bangladesh during COVID-19 Pandemic

Ahsan Habib Sunny,Mohammad Ohid Ullah,Muhammad Sakib Ibtidha Chowdhury

doi:10.3329/ajmbr.v7i4.57616

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Food habits and lifestyle are risk factors of health problem. Moreover, adulthood health depends on adolescent health. A cross-sectional study was designed to know the lifestyle and dietary habits of high school going students during the pandemic. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed and data were collected randomly from the students. Descriptive analysis, logistic regression model and factor analysis were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that most of the students fairly follow the lifestyle and dietary habits. It is observed that students who read newspapers daily are 75% more likely to follow the dietary pattern. During a pandemic, most of the high school going students in north-eastern part of Bangladesh were taking protein types food (communality=0.724) and vegetables (communality=0.694) maximum times per week. Students increased their sleeping hours (communality=0.784) and intended to do job (communality=0.781) to help their families during the COVID-19. Moreover, the study also observed some important lifestyle factors like- watching mobile/laptop, connecting social media etc. and most of the students (45%) thought that electronic devices hamper their normal education. Taken together, the findings of this study may be useful to make awareness in the society about the healthy and unhealthy lifestyle as well as food habits. Government and Non-Government organizations should take proper nutritional and health related programs in the high schools that provide healthy lifestyle and food habits for improving the public health sector in Bangladesh. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2021, 7 (4), 359-366

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Students of high school mainly refer to teenagers and this period is the interim phase from childhood to adulthood which is the most important part of human life known as adolescence
According to the study findings, it was observed that secondary school students embrace healthy lifestyle behaviors fairly
Taken together, it conclude that a considerable percentage (42.5%) of students in north-eastern part of Bangladesh follow the lifestyle and dietary pattern

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Students of high school mainly refer to teenagers and this period is the interim phase from childhood to adulthood which is the most important part of human life known as adolescence. Though being identified as relatively healthy period, each year 2.6 million teenagers die in the whole world Those who follow a healthy lifestyle can improve behavior and sustain their well-being but many teenagers’ raises unhealthy habits (such as inadequate nutritional intake, rest, and exercise) and risky behaviors (such as tobacco and drug use) that may lead to an unhealthy state (Lean, 2010). At this stage of life, they may have to cope with many changes to their bodies, behavior, and their feelings. According to the world health organization (WHO) early deaths and diseases happens because of negative

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