Status and influencing factors of overweight and obesity among preschool children in Urumqi
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.06.029
- VernacularTitle:乌鲁木齐学龄前儿童超重肥胖现状及相关因素分析
- Author:
HU Ningning, WANG Renyuan, LI Yufeng, YANG Jing, LI Wanjun, LIN Sulan
1
Author Information
1. Nursing School of Xinjiang Medical University,Urumqi (830011) , China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Overweight;
Obesity;
Regerssion analysis;
Child,preschool;
Minority groups
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2022;43(6):920-924
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the status quo and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in preschool children, and to provide scientific theoretical reference for the prevention and control of overweight and obesity in preschool children in Urumqi.
Methods:Stratified cluster sampling method was adopted to select 1 897 preschool children from 10 kindergartens in Urumqi from October to December in 2021 to understand the status quo of overweight and obesity of preschool children by measuring their height and weight. The influencing factors were collected by questionnaire survey, including Chinese preschoolers eating behavior questionnaire, Chinese preschooler s caregivers feeding behavior scale, 3-6 year old children s home nurture environment scale, and characteristics and influencing factors of physical activity among preschool children.
Results:The prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children was 31.21% (592), including 19.50% (370) overweight and 11.70% (222) obesity.Childhood overweight and obesity detection rates varied significantly by age, sex, child dietary habits, father BMI, maternal BMI, and maternal pre pregnancy BMI ( χ 2=19.63,28.75,9.45,18.21,18.45,19.36, P <0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that gender, children s eating habits, paternal BMI, pregnancy BMI, satiety responsiveness, external eating, initiative eating, weight concerns, behavior restricted feeding, physical activity and family physical activity environment were the influencing factors of overweight and obesity in preschool children( OR =0.52,1.43,1.51,1.44,0.69,0.74,1.35,1.71,0.81,0.96,1.10, P < 0.05 ).
Conclusion:Overweight and obesity in preschool children are popular in Urumqi. Education, diet control and scientific exercise should be strengthened to prevent childhood overweight and obesity.
