The Dual Burden of Malnutrition and Associated Dietary and Lifestyle Habits among Lebanese School Age Children Living in Orphanages in North Lebanon

Table 5

Association between stunting or overweight/obesity and demographic, dietary, and lifestyle behaviors among children and adolescents residing in orphanages.

	Stunting (WHO)		Overweight/obesity (WHO)
	Sig.	OR (95% CI)	Sig.	OR (95% CI)
Age
<10®
≥10		1.347–20.085)	0.301	2.982 (0.376–23.679)
Sex
Female®
Male	0.263	1.946 (0.606–6.246)	0.383	1.489 (0.609–3.644)
Duration of stay in orphanage	0.158	0.812 (0.609–1.084)	0.341	0.845 (0.598–1.195)
Intake of fruits
Adequate®
Inadequate	0.292	2.473 (0.460–13.301)	0.526	2.247 (0.184–27.459)
Intake of vegetables
Adequate®
Inadequate	0.723	1.357 (0.250–7.370)	0.603	0.522 (0.045–6.043)
Intake of milk
Adequate®	1.00
Inadequate	0.213	1.774 (0.720–4.376)	0.364	1.604 (0.579–4.444)
Intake of proteins
Adequate®
Inadequate	0.728	0.816 (0.258–2.578)		0.001–0.291)
Regular breakfast intake
Yes®
No		1.462–32.12)	0.416	2.672 (0.250–28.590)
Type of snacks
Sweets
No®
Yes	0.381	0.564 (0.156–2.034)		(1.124–37.512)
Salty snacks
No®
Yes	0.148	0.305 (0.061–1.526)	0.567	1.686 (0.282–10.089)
Number of hours watching TV
<2 hours
≥2 hours		(2.659–55.288)	0.131	3.922 (0.664–23.159)
Number of physical activity hours
≥3 hr®
2 hr	0.870	0.858 (0.138–5.354)	0.994	1.010 (0.096–10.663)
1 hr	0.849	0.829 (0.119–5.773)	0.769	0.687 (0.056–8.424)
No	0.450	2.079 (0.311–13.874)	0.997	0.0 (0.0–0.0)

significant at ≤ 0.05.
®Reference.