Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim

Obesity is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Because of that , this research was carry out to know the awareness of the causes and factors that causes the in increase obesity among children. This study only to parents who have child between the ages of 5 to 12 years. It is based...

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Main Author: Hashim, Siti Rozidah
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling my-uitm-ir.328482020-07-28T02:53:53Z Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim 2011-09 Hashim, Siti Rozidah Child Health. Child health services Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition Corpulence . Obesity Obesity is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Because of that , this research was carry out to know the awareness of the causes and factors that causes the in increase obesity among children. This study only to parents who have child between the ages of 5 to 12 years. It is based on the questionnaire form, that was circulated around the Outpatient Department came from different socioeconomic were chosen as sample. This survey is in descriptive manner and all data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS (statistical Package for Social Sciences, Version 18.0) and AMOS (Analysis of Moments Structures) software. Result shows that most parents believe that obesity among children are caused by genetic factors and poor diet. Parents' perception also believe, obesity is caused by the increase in technology that cause most of the time children spend watching television and video games than doing sports activities 2011-09 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/1/32848.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
topic Child Health
Child health services
Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition
Child Health
Child health services
spellingShingle Child Health
Child health services
Diseases and disorders of metabolism and nutrition
Child Health
Child health services
Hashim, Siti Rozidah
Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
description Obesity is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Because of that , this research was carry out to know the awareness of the causes and factors that causes the in increase obesity among children. This study only to parents who have child between the ages of 5 to 12 years. It is based on the questionnaire form, that was circulated around the Outpatient Department came from different socioeconomic were chosen as sample. This survey is in descriptive manner and all data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS (statistical Package for Social Sciences, Version 18.0) and AMOS (Analysis of Moments Structures) software. Result shows that most parents believe that obesity among children are caused by genetic factors and poor diet. Parents' perception also believe, obesity is caused by the increase in technology that cause most of the time children spend watching television and video games than doing sports activities
format Thesis
qualification_level Bachelor degree
author Hashim, Siti Rozidah
author_facet Hashim, Siti Rozidah
author_sort Hashim, Siti Rozidah
title Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_short Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_full Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_fullStr Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_full_unstemmed Parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children At Innovation Center and Quality Unit Hospital Jitra / Siti Rozidah Hashim
title_sort parents' perception about the factors that causes obesity among children at innovation center and quality unit hospital jitra / siti rozidah hashim
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan
granting_department Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
publishDate 2011
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32848/1/32848.pdf
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