Changes in the Body Composition of Children

Ross, James G.; Pate, Russell R.; Lohman, Timothy G.; Christenson, Gregory M.

doi:10.1080/07303084.1987.10604379

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“…[1][2][3][4] Overweight and obesity are increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder among children and adolescents in the world. [5] Presently in India also there is sharp rise in number of children and adolescents with obesity. Overweight children have a greater chance of becoming overweight adolescents and obese adults compared to children of normal weight.…”

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Prevalence of overweight, obesity and hypertension amongst school children and adolescents in North Karnataka: A cross sectional study

Baradol

Patil

Ranagol

2014

Int J Med Public Health

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Introduction: Childhood obesity& hypertension are global health problems as they caused increase in morbidity & mortality. Objective: To fi nd out the prevalence of obesity, overweight in school going children and adolescents of north Karnataka. Also to study obesity related morbidities like Prehypertension and Hypertension and associated risk factors for sustained hypertension. Materials and Methods: Total 2800 children in age group from 10-16 years from 3 schools of Urban and rural region of Bijapur district were screened. Weight, height, BMI and Blood pressure were recorded. These values were compared with WHO child growth standards. Children then classifi ed as overweight (OW) and obesity (OB). Blood pressure values were compared with reference charts given by American heart association guidelinesand grouped as prehypertensive (PHTN) and Hypertension (HTN). Results: This study revealed that 3.6% rural school children were overweight (OW) in age group of 13 years, 1.4% children were obese (OB) in age group of 15 years. In urban school children, 3.3% OB in age group of 12 years and 11.1% OW in age group of 10 years. In Rural school children, prevalence of systolic HTN was 21% in OW children and 25% in OB children. Among urban schoolchildren prevalence of systolic PHTN was 5.1% among OW and in OB group it was 16.6%. Conclusions: This study revealed that prevalence of hypertension was signifi cantly higher in overweight and obese compared to children with Normal BMI. Also the prevalence of overweight and obesity is more in urban school children than rural children population. We need further large scale studies to study obesity and associated morbidities like hypertension school children and adolescents. Abstract Access this article onlineWebsite: www.ijmedph.org

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Prevalence of overweight, obesity and hypertension amongst school children and adolescents in North Karnataka: A cross sectional study

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Patil

Ranagol

2014

Int J Med Public Health

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“…The increases in skinfold thickness described above were greatest in young children cornpared to adolescents (Ross et aI., 1987). The data from Gortmaker et al (1987), and Ross et al (1987) suggest the increase in childhood and adolescent obesity will increase the prevalence of adult obesity and its attendant disorders. These investigators also predict a substantial increase in the severity of adult obesity because adults who were obese as adolescents are overrepresented among the severely obese.…”

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Physical Best—Body Composition in the Assessment of Youth Fitness

Going

1988

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

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“…Skinfolds are practical values of body composition or relative fatness/ leanness, which provide a more accurate estimate of body fatness than simple weight, height and various ratios of these two measurements [4]. Skinfolds measurements are highly correlated with underwater determined body density.…”

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Percentile scales for analysis of body composition in male youth

Tomar¹

2012

AKUT

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For the purpose of present study five thousand adult males were selected randomly as subjects for the study. The age of subjects were ranging from 18-25 years. On the basis of chronological age, subjects were divided into eight different age groups: 18 years (n=640), 19 years (n=960), 20 years (n=760), 21 years (n=560), 22 years (n=540), 23 years (n=520), 24 years (n=509) and 25 years (n=511). Following variables were selected for the purpose of present study: body fat percentage, fat mass and skinfold thicknesses (chest, triceps, subscapular, and sum of skinfolds). The scores for each variable were gathered for all the subjects separately and then pooled agewise. Percentile scales were constructed to prepare the standards for body composition. Percentile scales were prepared for different age groups for the college youth of Delhi State. The percentile scales provide a basis for interpreting an individual's score in terms of his standing in some specified group. However, percentile scale is not considered a standard scale as the mean and standard deviation are not used in constructing the scale and the scores are not distributed evenly.

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Changes in the Body Composition of Children

Cited by 30 publications

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Prevalence of overweight, obesity and hypertension amongst school children and adolescents in North Karnataka: A cross sectional study

Prevalence of overweight, obesity and hypertension amongst school children and adolescents in North Karnataka: A cross sectional study

Physical Best—Body Composition in the Assessment of Youth Fitness

Percentile scales for analysis of body composition in male youth

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