An observational study on the effects of early and late risk factors on the development of childhood obesity in the South of Italy
| Autor: | Vincenza La Fauci, Giuseppe Trimarchi, C Ceccio, Vittoria Donia, Raffaele Squeri, M A R Palamara, Maria Pecoraro, Giuseppe La Monica, C Genovese |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Childhood obesity Early risk factors Late risk factors Life style Nutrition Physical activity Epidemiology Health Policy Community and Home Care Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Overweight Anthropometric parameters 03 medical and health sciences medicine Child obesity Family history lcsh:R5-920 030109 nutrition & dietetics business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease Obesity Physical activity level Observational study Public Health medicine.symptom business lcsh:Medicine (General) Demography |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 4 (2018) Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Public Health; V. 15 N. 4 (2018) Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Public Health; Vol. 15 No. 4 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2282-0930 |
| Popis: | Background: Child obesity is today one of the greatest health emergencies, on such a large scale as to be considered a global epidemic by the WHO and, unfortunately, Italy holds the worst European record. Methods: We conducted an observational study to investigate the effects of early and late risk factors on the development of primary childhood obesity. We collected anthropometric parameters, information about early risk markers and late risk factors on a sample of 280 children from March 2016 to December 2017. Results: Statistically significant associations emerged between: child's BMI and education level of the mother (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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