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Factors associated with obesity in school children

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Giugliano, R., & Carneiro, E. C. (2002). Factors associated with obesity in school children. Jornal de Pediatria, 80(1), 17-22.

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Abstract

Objective

To analyze the relationship between obesity, physical activity and hours of sleep in schoolchildren and parental schooling and obesity.

 

Methods

We measured the weight, height, body mass index and adiposity (subscapular to triceps skinfold ratio) of children. The children were classified as normal, underweight, overweight or obese, according to body mass index per age. Four hundred and fifty-two schoolchildren were evaluated; 68 children with excess weight and obesity and 97 normal children were selected to answer a questionnaire regarding daily physical activity and sleeping hours, as well as parental schooling, physical activity, weight and height.

 

Results

The prevalence of excess weight and obesity was of 21.1% in boys and 22.9% in girls. Adiposity was different between normal children and the other groups (p < 0.01). In children with excess weight and obesity, adiposity was directly correlated with daily sitting hours and inversely correlated with daily sleeping hours (p < 0.05). Schooling was lower in mothers of overweight and obese children was lower than in mothers of normal children (p < 0.01). The frequency of excess weight and obesity in the parents of overweight/obese children was higher than in the parents of normal children (p < 0.01). Most parents had a sedentary life style.

 

Conclusion

We observed an association between excess weight and obesity in children and inactivity. The time spent sleeping was a positive factor for maintaining a balance between weight and height. Maternal schooling and the presence of excess weight/obesity in parents were significantly associated with childhood obesity.

 

MeSH Terms
    Anthropometry*
    Body Mass Index
    Brazil/epidemiology
    Child
    Educational Status
    Female
    Humans
    Leisure Activities*
    Male
    Obesity/epidemiology*
    Obesity/etiology
    Parents
    Prevalence
    Risk Factors
    Sleep*
    Socioeconomic Factors
    Surveys and Questionnaires

 

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