The Influence of the Home Food Environment on the Eating Behaviors, Family Meals, and Academic Achievement of Adolescents in Schools in the UAE
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Tools
2.3.1. Sociodemographic
2.3.2. Home Food Environment (HFE)
2.3.3. Eating Behaviors
2.3.4. Family Meals
2.3.5. Lifestyle Factors
2.3.6. Academic Achievement
2.3.7. Anthropometric Measurements
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Characteristics of the Schools’ Adolescents
3.2. Correlations of HFE Score with EB Score and Family Meal Score Using Spearman’s Rho Correlation
3.3. Determinants of the HFE (Favorable and Unfavorable) among the School Adolescents
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | N (%) |
---|---|
Age | 15.50 (2) * |
Sex | |
Boys | 140 (46) |
Girls | 164 (54) |
School Type | |
Public | 179 (59) |
Private | 125 (41) |
Grade | |
7–8 | 21 (7) |
9–10 | 144 (47) |
11–12 | 139 (46) |
Mother’s Education | |
No school | 10 (3) |
School level | 117 (39) |
College level | 177 (58) |
Father’s Education | |
No school | 18 (6) |
School level | 107 (35) |
College level | 179 (59) |
Mother’s Occupation | |
Unemployed | 192 (63) |
Employed | 112 (37) |
Academic Performance | |
<80% | 111 (37) |
≥80% | 193 (63) |
Physical Activity | |
<2 times/week | 150 (49) |
≥2 times/week | 154 (51) |
Sleep | |
<7 h/day | 150 (49) |
≥7 h/day | 154 (51) |
BMI | |
Underweight | 5 (2) |
Normal | 131 (43) |
Obese/overweight | 168 (55) |
Home Food Environment Score | 7.0 (2.0) * |
Favorable HFE score (≥7.0) | 174 (57.2) |
Unfavorable HFE score (<7.0) | 130 (42.8) |
Family Meal Score | 20.0 (5.0) * |
Favorable FM score (≥20.0) | 177 (58.2) |
Unfavorable FM score (<20.0) | 127 (41.8) |
Eating Behavior Score | 6.0 (2.0) * |
Favorable EB score (≥6.0) | 210 (69.1) |
Unfavorable EB score (<6.0) | 94 (30.9) |
Simple Logistic Regression | Multiple Logistic Regression a | |||
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OR (95% CI) | p-Value | OR (95% CI) | p-Value | |
Age | 1.05 (0.88, 1.25) | 0.581 | ||
Sex Ref [Boys] | ||||
Girls | 0.52 (0.33, 0.83) | 0.006 | 0.31 (0.15, 0.62) | <0.001 |
School Type Ref [Public] | ||||
Private | 1.80 (1.13, 2.89) | 0.014 | 0.55 (0.23, 1.33) | 0.186 |
Grade Ref [Grades:7,8] | ||||
9–10 | 0.91 (0.36, 2.29) | 0.844 | ||
11–12 | 1.11 (0.44, 2.81) | 0.823 | ||
Mother’s Education Ref [No school] | ||||
School level | 4.36 (0.89, 21.39) | 0.070 | 4.03 (0.41, 39.93) | 0.233 |
College level | 6.73 (1.39, 32.63) | 0.018 | 6.85 (0.66, 70.50) | 0.106 |
Father’s Education Ref [No school] | ||||
School level | 2.85 (0.95, 8.57) | 0.061 | 2.67 (0.54, 13.28) | 0.231 |
College level | 4.45 (1.52, 13.05) | 0.006 | 3.12 (0.60, 16.19) | 0.176 |
Mother’s Occupation Ref [Unemployed] | ||||
Employed | 0.79 (0.49, 1.26) | 0.324 | ||
Academic Performance Ref [<80%] | ||||
≥80% | 1.64 (1.02, 2.63) | 0.041 | 1.98 (1.02, 3.82) | 0.043 |
Physical Activity Ref [<2 times/week] | ||||
≥2 times/week | 1.80 (1.14, 2.85) | 0.012 | 0.89 (0.47, 1.69) | 0.728 |
Sleep Ref [<7 h] | ||||
≥7 h | 0.80 (0.51, 1.26) | 0.337 | ||
BMI Ref [Underweight] | ||||
Normal | 1.95 (0.31, 12.05) | 0.473 | ||
Obese/overweight | 2.10 (0.34, 12.90) | 0.423 | ||
FM Score | 1.23 (1.15, 1.32) | <0.001 | 1.25 (1.15, 1.36) | <0.001 |
EB Score | 2.24 (1.82, 2.75) | <0.001 | 2.58 (2.00, 3.33) | <0.001 |
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Sohail, R.; Hasan, H.; Saqan, R.; Barakji, A.; Khan, A.; Sadiq, F.; Furany, S.; AlShaikh, Z.; Atef Abdelhamid Mahmoud, O.; Radwan, H. The Influence of the Home Food Environment on the Eating Behaviors, Family Meals, and Academic Achievement of Adolescents in Schools in the UAE. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091187
Sohail R, Hasan H, Saqan R, Barakji A, Khan A, Sadiq F, Furany S, AlShaikh Z, Atef Abdelhamid Mahmoud O, Radwan H. The Influence of the Home Food Environment on the Eating Behaviors, Family Meals, and Academic Achievement of Adolescents in Schools in the UAE. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(9):1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091187
Chicago/Turabian StyleSohail, Rahab, Hayder Hasan, Roba Saqan, Asmaa Barakji, Aisha Khan, Faaiza Sadiq, Shouq Furany, Zaina AlShaikh, Omar Atef Abdelhamid Mahmoud, and Hadia Radwan. 2024. "The Influence of the Home Food Environment on the Eating Behaviors, Family Meals, and Academic Achievement of Adolescents in Schools in the UAE" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 9: 1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091187