[Excess weight and abdominal obesity in Galician children and adolescents]
| Autor: | Xurxo Hervada, María Isolina Santiago-Pérez, Alberto Malvar, Jorge Suanzes, Rosaura Leis, Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Ana Mercedes Victoria Martínez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Pediatric Obesity Waist Adolescent Population Excess weight Obesidad Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Overweight Pediatrics RJ1-570 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Age Distribution Obesidad pediátrica Management of Technology and Innovation medicine Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sex Distribution education Child Adolescentes Niños Abdominal obesity education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.disease Obesity Cross-Sectional Studies Spain Obesity Abdominal Female Underweight medicine.symptom business Prevalencia Obesidad central Demography |
| Zdroj: | Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), Vol 89, Iss 5, Pp 302-308 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2341-2879 |
| Popis: | Introduction and objectives: The excess of weight, mainly obesity, during childhood and adolescence increases morbimortality risk in adulthood. The aim of this article is to estimate both the overall prevalence, as well as according to age and gender, of underweight, overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity among schoolchildren aged between 6 and 15-years-old in the school year 2013–2014. Material and methods: Data were taken from a cross-sectional community-based study carried out on a representative sample, by gender and age, of the Galician population aged between 6 and 15-years-old. The prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obese children (Cole's cut-off criteria) and abdominal obesity (Taylor's cut-off criteria) were estimated after performing objective measurements of height, weight and waist circumference at school. Results: A total of 7438 students were weighed and measured in 137 schools. The prevalence of overweight and obese was 24.9% and 8.2%, respectively. The prevalence of abdominal obesity was 25.8%, with 4% of children with normal weight having abdominal obesity. Conclusions: These data highlight the need to promote primary prevention measures at early ages in order to decrease the occurrence of premature onset of disease in the future. The prevalence of excess weight is underestimated if abdominal obesity is not taken into consideration. Resumen: Introducción y objetivos: El exceso de peso, fundamentalmente la obesidad, en edad pediátrica aumenta el riesgo de morbimortalidad en la edad adulta. El objetivo de este trabajo es estimar la prevalencia, global y en función de la edad y del sexo, de bajo peso, normopeso, exceso ponderal y de obesidad abdominal en los escolares gallegos de 6 a 15 años en el curso escolar 2013-2014. Material y métodos: Los datos proceden de un estudio transversal realizado en una muestra representativa por sexo y edad de escolares gallegos de 6 a 15 años. A partir de mediciones realizadas en los centros escolares se estimaron las prevalencias de bajo peso, normopeso, sobrepeso y obesidad, aplicando los puntos de corte propuestos por Cole, y la prevalencia de obesidad abdominal a partir de los puntos de corte de Taylor. Resultados: Se pesaron y midieron 7.438 escolares en los 137 centros educativos participantes. La prevalencia de sobrepeso fue de 24,9% y la de obesidad, de 8,2%. El 25,8% presentaban obesidad abdominal. El 4% de los escolares con normopeso tenían obesidad abdominal. Conclusiones: Estos datos ponen de manifiesto que se deben promover medidas de prevención primaria a edades tempranas encaminadas a disminuir la prevalencia de este factor de riesgo y a evitar complicaciones futuras. La prevalencia de exceso de peso, si no se tiene en cuenta la obesidad abdominal, se estaría infraestimando. |
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