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
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
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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