@article{Saba Tariq_Sundus Tariq_Saffee Tariq_Rehana Rehman_2020, title={Relationship of BMI with Junk Food, sleep pattern, exam performance and awareness about its ill health effects in healthy teenagers}, url={https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/1748}, DOI={10.47391/JPMA.507}, abstractNote={<p><strong><u>Abstract</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the relationship of body mass index of healthy teenafers with junk food, sleep pattern, exam performance and awareness about its ill effects.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> The cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2017 at University Medical and Dental College, University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan, and comprised subjects aged 13-19. Data was collected using face-to-face interviews, getting the examnation results from respective educational insititutions and calculating the body mass index, Data was abalysed using SPSS 22.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong><strong><em>:</em></strong> Of the 226 subjects, 96(42.5%) were boys with a mean age of 15.68 ± 1.83 years, and 130(57.5%) were girls with a mean age of 17.00±1.74 years. Based on body mass index, 35(15.5%) subjects were underweight, 88(39%) were normal, 28(12.4%) overweight, 56(24.7%) pre-obese and 19(8.4%) were obese. The independent predictors of body mass index were higher consumption of soft drinks in males and higher consumption of soft drinks and salt in females (p<0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Teenagers were found ot be well aware of the ill effects of junk food, but they were found to be happy with their dietary habits and unwilling to change it.</p> <p><strong>Key Words: </strong>Teenagers, BMI, Food habits, Fast food, Soft drinks. <strong>Continuous...</strong></p>}, journal={Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association}, author={Saba Tariq and Sundus Tariq and Saffee Tariq and Rehana Rehman}, year={2020}, month={Oct.}, pages={1–16} }