Overweight - obesity and food intake varies of children 4 - 6 years old of age at Hanoi city
- Author:
Tran Thi Phuc Nguyet
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
overweight, obesity, food
- MeSH:
Overweight;
Obesity;
Food
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;288(9):70-77
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A cross-sectional study was carried out on 2466 children aged 4-6, and their parents or nursing subjects in Hanoi urban districts from March to August 2002. Results showed that 4.9% of children, the most in Central districts (Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Hai Ba Trung) had overweight. The overweight ratio at the age of 4, 5, 6 was 4.2%, 4.5%, 6.1% respectively; in boy was 6.1% and girls was 3.8%, it trends to increase with time and urban regions. Concerning the age, the ratio of quick increase of weight before the first age is 36.6%. 2nd-3rd age was 23.8%, 4th-5th age 18.8%. The moderate and heavy overweight ratio is 2.2%, the lowest is 1.1% in 4 years old of age and the highest is 3.6% in 6 years old of age. The P:L:G ratio is 15:23:62. There is an obvious improvement in the nutrions regime, animal protein ratio is 57.3% and vegetable lipid 26.3%
