Adolescent Obesity

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Adolescent Obesity
By Jennifer Dallmer and
Josh Laxton
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Health Risks

• High Blood Pressure

• Arthritis

• Sleep Disturbances

• Heart Disease

• Respiratory Problems

• Stroke

• Type 2 Diabetes

• Certain types of Cancers

• Gallbladder Disease

• Osteoarthritis

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Question 1 What are your height, weight, age,
and sex?

• Helps determine BMI

• BMI(weight(lbs)/(height(in)2))704.5

• Obese BMI greater than or equal to 30

• Overweight BMI from 25 to 29.9

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Overweight Students

• The national statistics show that 17 of male
  students are found to be overweight and 14 of
  females.
• Our data indicates that approximately 33 of
  male students are found to be overweight and 8
  of females.

• More generally, statistics showed that 15 of
  adolescents are overweight.
• Our data indicates that approximately 25 of
  both males and females are overweight.

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Obese Students

• The national statistics show that 12 of male
  students are found to be obese and 8 of females.
• Our data indicates that only 4 of males were
  obese and 9 of females.
• More generally, statistics showed that 23.2 of
  high school graduates were obese.
• Our data indicates that only 7 of high school
  seniors are obese.

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Question 2 What type of family structure did
you have as a child?

• Students with both parents should have a lower
  BMI than those in a single parent home.

• 47 out of 65 females lived with both parents

• 36 out of 45 males lived with both parents

• 75 of the students surveyed live with both
  parents

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SO

• Girls who lived with both parents had a higher
  BMI than those who lived in a single parent home.

• Boys who lived with both parents had a lower
  BMI, however.

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Question 3 What type of job do you hold, if
any?

• Gives us a feel for their activity level

• Can relate it to BMI

• Students who had jobs had a lower BMI on
  average than those who did not work.

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Question 4 How many combined hours of physical
activity do you participate in each week?

• Are higher activity levels associated with a
  lower BMI?

• The answer is
• NOT NECESSARILY

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Question 5 What chronic medical conditions do
you have, if any?

• Do those who have chronic medical conditions
  have higher average BMIs?

• According to our sample, not necessarily

• Fewer medical conditions were associated with
  higher BMI.

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Question 6 What chronic medical conditions do
your biological parents have, if any?

• Do those whose parents have chronic medical
  conditions, have a higher BMI?

• The more medical conditions a students parents
  have the more likely the student is to be
  overweight.

• This trend does not follow in regards to obesity.

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Trends and Conclusions

• Our sample population did not always follow the
  national data.

• The BMI of our students did not seem to have any
  correlation to the hours of activity they engaged
  in on a regular basis.

• Most students who are overweight had no medical
  conditions or only one condition.

Thank You. The End.