Journal of Vietnamese Medicine  2004;298(5):1-4

The relationship between consumption custom, habits and the overweight and obesity status of the primary school pupils in Dong Da district, Ha Noi city

Le Thi Hop

Keywords

overweight, obesity, consumption habits

Country

Viet Nam

Language

Vietnamese

Abstract

An investigation performed on 3647 primary school children found that the obesity incidence was 9,9% (among them, 12,9% male and 6,7% female). The consuming of high energy food such as meat, butter, roasted foods.... in obese children was higher considerably than normal children, obese children had had the habit of eating many time daily (> 3 times) and before bed