Prevalence of overweight, obesity and altered abdominal circumference in school children aged 6 to 11 in Campo Grande/MS - doi:10.5020/18061230.2011.p54
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and altered abdominal circumference in school children and analyze some factors associated with excess body weight. Methods: Children aged 6 to 11 years (n=728) from public and private schools of Campo Grande-MS, Brazil, joined in the stu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ojs.unifor.br:article/2052 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/2052 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Peso corporal Antropometria Índice de Massa Corporal Circunferência Abdominal. |
| Sumario: | Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and altered abdominal circumference in school children and analyze some factors associated with excess body weight. Methods: Children aged 6 to 11 years (n=728) from public and private schools of Campo Grande-MS, Brazil, joined in the study. The variables concerning the school children were: identification data, breastfeeding, birth weight, feeding, practice of physical activities, body mass index (BMI) and abdominal circumference measurement; those concerning the family were the income per capita and the mothers’ BMI and schooling. Results: The overall prevalence presented the following estimates: 478 (65.7%) eutrophic students, 119 (16.3%) overweight, 105 (14.4%) obese, and 26 (3.6%) underweight children. Altered abdominal circumference was seen in 315 (43.3%) of the sample. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children showed a statistically significant difference according to the type of school (p=0.018), body mass of mothers (p |
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