Body Mass Index And Growth Spurt In School Teenagers (13-18 Years) Of Atse Zerea Yaekob Primary Full Cycle School And Basso General And Preparatory School In Debre Berhan Central Ethiopia

Body Mass Index and Growth Spurt in School Teenagers (13-18 years) of Atse Zerea YaekobrnPrimary Full Cycle School and Basso General and Preparatory School in Debre Berhan, CentralrnEthiopia by Meklit Trsitewold,Addis Ababa University in 2018.rnBody mass index is a value derived from the mass and height of an individual and calculated byrnthe body mass divided by the square of body height and its value categorized based on CDCrnstandard under normal weight, overweight, underweight and obesity. Growth spurts are when arnlot of growing takes place in a short period of time. A rapid rise in height and weight are mostrnvisible in the first year of life and around puberty, both periods when a tremendous amount ofrngrowth takes place in a short time. And to determine the percentage increment, percentagerndifference of height, weight and BMI under the age group 13 to 18 years in both sexes. Thernapparatus used to measure Height and weight was height measuring board mounted to weightrnmeasuring in standing position following the standard steps. Across-sectional design method wasrnused and the data collected from direct measuring of the height and weight with bare foot andrnlight cloth.rnThe sample 400 students’ (equal proportion of males and females) were included in the study. Thernresults showed that the highest percentage increase of height for females (2.5%) was observedrnduring the transition between age 17 and18 while the lowest was (0.65%) which was observedrnduring the transition between age 15 and 16. For males, the highest height increase was 3.92%rnduring the transition between 14 and 15 year and the lowest was 1.26% observed between 15 andrn16 year olds. The highest increment of bodyweight for females was 12.87% during the transitionrnbetween 13 and 14 years and the lowest was 0.2% between 15 and 16 year olds. For males, thernhighest body weight increase was 8.54% between 14 and 15 years and the lowest was 2.07%rnbetween 17 and 18 years. In females, BMI ranged from 18.15kg/m2 913 year old) to 22.59kg/m2rn(17 year old). The highest percentage increment of BMI in female recorded between 13 and 14rnyears (10.83%) while the lowest was 0.1% recorded between 15 and 16 years. In males thernrespective values were 6.2% (16 to 17 Years) and -1.1% (14 to 15 years).rnThe results compared to other studies with similar objectives and scope, the students from thernpresent study had significantly lower body weight than those from a private school in AddisrnAbaba. However, based on their BMI values, all age categories of both sexes in the present studyrnfall under the normal weight category.rnThe final Conclusion of this study showed that there was no significant difference in height,rnweight, and BMI between male’s females and all age groups of both sexes fall under the normalrnweight category based on their mean BMI

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