The Body Mass Index in our Secondary Schools

Presentation

COMENIUS 2014-2015

The BMI over the 4 years of Secondary school

Let’s make comparisons between our Comenius countries

1Level 1

2Level 2

4Level 4

3Level 3

Pipils aged 11 -12

Pupils aged 14-13

Pupils aged 13-14

Pupils aged 12-13

Level 1 Pupils aged 11-12

BMI level 1- Boys and Girls BMI

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• There’s a big majority of obese children in France and Bulgaria (17-10%).• The % of healthy pupils is between 53 and 75.• In Slovakia, there is a great number of healthy children but the rate of overweight

ones is also very high (34 %).• In Turkey, there is a lot of underweight pupils (31%) while in France and Italy the %

of obese and underweight ones reaches 28%. → In level 1 France is the country with the highest % of obese students.

• There is little difference between boys and girls.• There are slightly more obese pupils among the girls (11 % - 8 % for the boys)• While there are more overweight pupils among the boys (21 %- 14 % for the girls)

2 Level 2 Pupils aged 12-13

BMI level 2- Boys and Girls BMI

• In Turkey 50% of pupils are underweight.• In Slovakia, contrary to level 1 , there are very few overweight and obese

students and the % of healthy is very high (85%).• We can notice a hight rate of obesity in Bulgaria (25%) and in France (16%).• In Italy, the % of overweight children reaches 33 %. → In level 2, there is a marked fluctuation in the % of healthy pupils (from 85% down to 85).

There is still little difference between boys and girls.

3 Level 3 Pupils aged 13-14

BMI level 3- Boys and Girls BMI

• As can be seen, Bulgaria and Slovakia have rather similar graphs.• In Turkey, the underweight category has disappeared while the rate of

overweight and obese pupils has strongly increased (+ 12% and + 6%).• In France the rate of obesity has decreased (- 7%) but the rate of overweight is

higher (+ 10%) than in level 2. → In level 3, in Italy only 52% of the pupils are healthy. There is a dramatic increase in the % of obesity and overweight groups (+ 15%)

• There is a significant increase in the % of overweight girls (x2 compared with level2).

• Nothing has really changed for the boys except the underweight category that has fallen from 15% in level 2 down to 4 % in level 3

4 Level 4 Pupils aged 14-15

BMI level 4- Boys and Girls BMI

• As can be seen, from graphs, a great number of pupils is healthy (from 56 up to 77%).

• In Slovakia and Italy, we can see a big proportion of overweight children (37-44%).

→ In level 4, unlikely to other countries, Bulgaria has got a very high % of obesity (15%).

Contrary to level 3, there is a great difference between boys and girls:73% of the girls are healthy when it’s only 50% for the boys21% of the girls are overweight when it’s 35% for the boys

CONCLUSION

BMI ALL LEVELS

• In all countries, the majority of pupils are healthy (2 thirds).• In Italy, Slovakia and Turkey, there’s a greater number of overweight children

but there are few obese pupils.• In France and Bulgaria we can find obesity over the 4 levels but less than

20% of the children are overweight.→Turkey is the country with the highest rate of underweight and the smallest rate of obesity.

Thank you for your attention.

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