Prevalence of Obesity in Primary School Children in Kirkuk
Children obesity
Keywords:
Obesity, Children, Primary school children, BMI, Underweight, Overweight, Kirkuk.Abstract
Introduction: obesity and overweight represent a public health problem.
Aim: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children in Kirkuk, aged from 6 to 12 years, and to identify any variation as per age , gender and associated factors.
Methods: It’s a cross-sectional study that was included 150 primary school children. The demographic characteristics were gathered using a questionnaire. The sample of anthropometric variables includes body height, body weight and body mass index, as well as nutrition status that were presented based on BMI standardized categories: underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 20 was utilized for the purpose of statistical analysis of the data.
Result: The study shows that overweight was 25.3% while obesity was 28.7% , the underweight rate was 2.7% while the normal weight was 43.3%. The overweight and obesity was found in 57.8% in female students and was higher to that in male students (46.2%). Some risk factors show a significant association with overweight and obesity in our studied population.
Conclusion: The study shows a high rate of overweight and obesity in primary school children and a significant influence of some risk factors such as student class, crowding index, eating biscuits, computer use, milk and soft drinks consumption.
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