Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the anthropometric measures and nutritional habits of obese adolescent children using the healthy eating index-HEI-2010.

Material and Methods: The study is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. A total of 225 adolescent children aged 1018 years of age who had attended Ankara Child Health and Disease, Hematology Oncology Education and Research Hospital between February and June 2016, were included in the study. A questionnaire querying general information, nutritional habits and 24-hour food consumption was administered, anthropometric measures were obtained and the HEI-2010 value was determined. The relationship between HEI results and other parameters were evaluated. HEI-2010 was defined as “good diet quality” for a result over 80, “diet quality needing improvement” for a result between 51-80 and “bad diet quality” for a result under 51.

Results: Of the patients, 44% were aged 10-12 years, 23.1% 13-14 years and 32.9% 15-18 years. The difference between the age groups by gender was statistically significant (p<0.05). Body Mass Index (BMI), z score, waist

Keywords: Adolescent, Obesity, HEI-2010, Anthropometry

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Koç N, Yardımcı H. Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) of Obese Adolescent Children: A Tertiary Hospital Experience. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 May 24];12(3):155-62. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/504