PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN

Author: Iulia Armean

Coordinators: Conf. Dr. Pascanu Ionela, Dr. Pop Raluca

Coauthors: Tanase Elena, Andrei Ioana, Frandes Vlad

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OBESITYIncreased prevalence in children

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Excesive food energy intake

OBESITY

BACKROUND:

Lack of physical activity

Genetic susceptibility

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Our purpose was to estimate the incidence of overweight in school-aged

children using different growth standards.

PURPOSE

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MATERIALS AND

METHODS 1

Type of study : cross-

sectional

Target population : school- aged

children

6-14 years of age

Sample: 1168 children from 8 rural and urban school

institutions from Tg. Mures County 4

MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Variables: age gender environment standard deviations for weight, BMI and

waist using WHO and Swiss standards

Method: anthropometric measurementsheight- stadiometerweight- electronic scale waist- taliometer

Software for SD calculus:GrowthAnalyzer Anthroplus software

Statistical analysis:M.O. ExcelGraphPadInStat v. 3.06

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RESULTS 1:

Girls 49.91% Boys 50.17%0

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20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

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Urban

Rural

53.56%

49.82%

50.17%

Fig. 1 Sex and environment distribution

46.43%

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RESULTS 2:

Prader WHO

6.93%

9.52%

Fig. 2 – 6 - 9 years age group

p<0.001

Overweight in girls based on BMI

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Prader WHO

4.94%6.39%

Fig. 3 – 10 – 14 years age group

p<0.001

Prader WHO

8.61%

9.36%

Fig. 4 6 – 9 years

p<0.001

RESULTS 3:

Overweight in boys depending on BMI

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Prader WHO

6.36%5.24%

Fig. 5 10 – 14 years

p<0.001

Prader WHO

3.03%

2.16%

Fig. 6 6 – 9 years

p<0.001

RESULTS 4:

Low weight in girls depending on BMI

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Prader WHO

2.90 2.9%

Fig. 7 10-14 years

p=NS

RESULTS 5:

Prader WHO

0.74% 0.74%

Fig. 8 6 – 9 years

p=NS

Low weight in boys depending on BMI

Prader WHO

4.11%5.24%

Fig. 8 10 – 14 years

p<0.001

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The worldwide prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity increased from 4.2% in 1990 to 6.7% in 2010. This trend  is expected to reach 9.1% or ’60 million, in 2020 2

In 2010, 43 million children (35 million in developing countries) were estimated to be overweight and obese; 92 million were at risk of overweight 2

Countries with the highest prevalences of overweight are located mainly in the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America 1

In terms of prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents, up to 33% of boys and 19% of girls among 11-year-olds were overweight 3

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DISCUSIONS:

Obesity is a serious public heath problem whose prevalence has increased nowadays.

There is a real difference between various anthropometric standards used for weight evaluation

In order to obtain accurate data for our population we need to develop and implement our own standards.

CONCLUSIONS:

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1. Onis M and Blössner M. “Prevalence and trends of overweight among preschool children in developing countries”, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000;

72:1032-9.

2. M de Onis, Monika Blössner, Elaine Borghi. “Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children” , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2010;92:1257–64

3. Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Romania; American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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