Increased prevalence of obesity among children during 20 years in a rural area in Akita Prefecture.
10.2185/jjrm.39.1040
- VernacularTitle:農村小児（秋田県本荘・由利地方）の肥満について（第３報）
- Author:
Toshihiro OKAMURA
;
Hiroaki SATO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1991;39(5):1040-1044
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
From the standpoint of pediatricians, we have cautiously watched the increased prevalence of obesity among children as a phenomenon concomitant with the urbanization of agricultural communities.
In this paper the findings of the latest survey of obesity in primary school children are axamined in comparison with the results of 1970 survey.
The number of the children covered by the latest survey was 10, 606, of which 839 children (79.1%) were found in the condition of obesity, or 20% or more over a desired weigth, showing the incidence of obesity is 9 times higher than that in the previous survey.
