Childhood obesity: an observational study

Abela, Sebastiano; Bagnasco, Annamaria; Arpesella, Marisa; Vandoni, Matteo; Sasso, Loredana

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“…1 Na Europa, este valor ronda os 14 milhões de crianças, às quais se juntam, anualmente, mais 400 000. 2,3 Em Portugal, mais de 30% da população infantil apresenta excesso de peso. 3 Estes valores triplicaram em muitos países europeus desde 1980, para a população em geral, e nas crianças chegam a ser 10 vezes superiores aos registados em 1970, 3 colocando a obesidade como um problema de saúde pública de proporções epidémicas a nível mundial.…”

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A Prevalência de Pré-Obesidade/Obesidade nas Crianças do Ensino Pré-Escolar e Escolar na Autarquia de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

2016

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Introduction: Over 30% of Portuguese children present overweight. Being a serious public health problem with multiple causes, only a cross-sectorial and concerted action could contribute to their resolution. Municipalities have a set of skills that make them ideal for effective intervention in the fight against this problem. For this action to be effective there must be a local assessment of the extent of the problem and their spatial distribution. The aim of this study was to characterize, from the point of view of the prevalence of overweight, the population of pre-school and first cycle basic education under the responsibility of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, the third most populous municipality in the country. Material and Methods: Were evaluated 8 974 pre and basic-school children, in school year 2013/14. The assessment of the nutritional status of the sample was made using anthropometric measures height and weight. In the classification of nutritional status was considered z-scores or percentiles of body mass index for age according to the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and International Obesity Task Force. Results: The prevalence of overweight by the World Health Organization requirements was 37.4%. There were some disparities in the distribution of overweight in schools of the municipality. Discussion: The results were slightly higher than those of other national and international studies, being the sampling size the possible justification for the differences founded. Conclusion: The prevalence found is high and with irregular geographical distribution, which could help identifying the main causes of the problem at the local level.

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A Prevalência de Pré-Obesidade/Obesidade nas Crianças do Ensino Pré-Escolar e Escolar na Autarquia de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

2016

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“…Achievements of human thought and their materialization are accompanied by numerous adverse effects, the most severe of which includes reduced physical activity which, in consequence, increases the risk of overweight and obesity development [1,2]. Such a lifestyle results, among others, in an increased number of children with overweight and excessive body adiposity observed in recent two decades especially in highly-developed countries [3,4,5,6]. It is very often emphasized that obesity is the cause of many health disorders including: ischemic heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, colon cancers, prostate cancer, etc.…”

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Underweight, overweight and obesity in boys and girls at the age of 7-18 years from the Podlaskie Province (Poland) in the years 1986 and 2006

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2014

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

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Background: The objective of this study was to determine changes in the group size of girls and boys with proper BMI values and their peers with underweight, overweight and obesity in a twenty-year time span.Material/Methods: In 1985 and 1986,20,353 boys and girls were examined, and 20 years later, 10,705 students. Measurements of body height and body mass were taken, which enabled calculating values of the Body Mass Index (BMI). The statistical significance of differences between mean values obtained in 1986 and 2006 was verified with Student’s test for independent variables. The statistical significance of differences between the number of girls and boys classified to each group in respect of the whole group surveyed in 1986 and 2006 was determined with the χ² test.Results: The greatest generation changes in the mass-to-height proportions were noted in the youngest children from the Podlaskie Province. It was higher by 1.66% in pupils with 2Conclusions: The results may suggest that a greater percentage of the young generation will be characterized by improper mass-to-height proportions

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“…10 Deve contudo salientar-se que nos países de alto rendimento se tem vindo a assistir a uma desaceleração deste crescimento, 7,11 o que não se verifica nos países de baixo e médio rendimento, que se debatem com os dois extremos do dilema da malnutrição: a subnutrição e o excesso de peso. 2 A obesidade tem etiologia multifatorial, com determinantes hereditários, genéticos, ambientais, metabólicos, comportamentais, culturais e socioeconómicos os quais interagem e se potenciam. Caracteriza-se por um excesso de peso corporal, com elevada acumulação de gordura, devido à manutenção de um balanço energético positivo ao longo do tempo.…”

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Childhood obesity: an observational study

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A Prevalência de Pré-Obesidade/Obesidade nas Crianças do Ensino Pré-Escolar e Escolar na Autarquia de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

A Prevalência de Pré-Obesidade/Obesidade nas Crianças do Ensino Pré-Escolar e Escolar na Autarquia de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Underweight, overweight and obesity in boys and girls at the age of 7-18 years from the Podlaskie Province (Poland) in the years 1986 and 2006

A Prevalência de Pré-Obesidade/Obesidade nas Crianças do Ensino Pré-Escolar e Escolar na Autarquia de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

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