Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Prevalence of obesity is increasing globally[1]
Junk food consumption prevalence was high among the studied population of high school girls in a deprived area of Qom
There was no significant association between junk food consumption and body mass index (BMI) in this study population
Summary
Prevalence of obesity is increasing globally[1]. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) more than 300 million children 5-19 old were overweight or obese in 20162. Global studies show an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents[3,4]. A systematic review in children under 18 years of age in Iran found a prevalence of overweight and obesity of 5.013.5 and 3.2-11.9 respectively[1,5]. Junk food has high energy content that reduces appetite, reduces the chances of feeding with more nutritious foods, and most importantly, causes diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension at an older age[9,10]. The lifestyle in students, especially high school girls, is not appropriate due to consumption of low-value foods and the trend of obesity and overweight prevalence among adolescents is increasing[1,11]. Junk food intake is associated with high salt and high caloric intake and is one of the causes of overweight/obesity
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