Preliminary study on overweight and obesity among school age children in Nha Trang city
- Author:
Thin Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
obesity
- MeSH:
Overweight;
Obesity;
Child
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):57-63
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A cross study on 305 children selected randomly and direct interviewing their parents. The results showed that: overall percentage of obesity was 3.49%, in kindergarten children was 4.29%, in primary school children was 2.7%. Percentage of malnutrition in underweight was 9.47% and the rate of stunting and wasting was 8.93% and 4.29% respectively. High education level in parents of obese children was 14.8% and in parents of normal children was 40.9%. Average body-weight of parents of obese children was higher than that of parents of control children. Obese children consumed much more food every day than normal children.
