An interventional controlled study was conducted on 90 overweight children aged 4-5 at MamNon Practizing HoaSen School ( interventional school ) and MamNon ThanhCong A school ( controlled school ), BaDinh district, Hanoi from Dec.2002 to Jun.2003. The overweight was assessed by Weight/Height index (W/H > +2 SD) in comparing with population of referrence NCHS (WHO,1995). Physical strength was assessed by some tests in combining. Results showed that the triceps skinfold thickness waist, hip ratio, light level overweight and obesity status and all other physical conditions were improved
Obesity ; Overweight ; child ; Child, Preschool

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%
Overweight ; Obesity ; Food

The study was carried out from March to August 2002 on 2.466 children of 4-6 years old at 22 maternal and primary school in 7 districts of Hanoi city. Their nutritional status had got obvious improvements, the rate of malnutrition according to the 3 criteria - weight/age, height/age, weight/height was at low levels. Children with low weight at birth and children of stunting form suffered from malnutrition were at risk of overweight in 6 years old with 2.6 times higher than normal children. Children with the weight above 3,6kg at birth were at risk of over weight in 4-6 year olds with 1.9 times higher. Mothers of overweight children had had educative levels higher than children of normal group and children of later parturition
Child ; Overweight ; Child Nutrition Sciences