scholarly journals Anthropometric Data Collection of Portuguese Children with Overweight and Obesity

2017 ◽  
pp. 390-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel de Campos ◽  
Miguel Carvalho ◽  
Carla Capelassi ◽  
Humberto Lopes ◽  
Bugao Xu
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Anthropometric Data

scholarly journals Prevalence of and factors associated with overweight and obesity among nursery school children aged 3-6 years in Eldoret Municipality

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (65) ◽  
pp. 9257-9271
Author(s):  
FB Wandia ◽  
◽  
GK Ettyang ◽  
G Mbagaya ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
School Children ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Nursery School ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Childhood Overweight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Childhood Overweight And Obesity

Childhood overweight and obesity is a serious emerging problem in both developed and developing countries. The developed world is already grappling with a proportionately high burden of obesity in children, with the developing countries experiencing a double burden of under nutrition and over nutrition. Obesity posses a significant public health threat to children as it has a significant impact on both their physical and psychological health. Furthermore, childhood overweight and obesity has been associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk factors in adult life. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among nursery school children aged 3-6 years in Eldoret Municipality and to identify the associated factors. Crosssectional study of 320 nursery school children aged 3-6 years was carried out in 20 nursery schools sampled from Eldoret Municipality. Simple random sampling proportionate to each of the schools population size was used to select the children. A child’s anthropometric data, which was converted to Weight – for- Height z-scores, was used to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Anthropometric data was analyzed using WHO anthro software for child standards in monitoring and growth. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 12.0 and Epi Info version 3.4.3. Chi-square test of association and logistic regression (binary) was used to determine the significant variables affecting the prevalence of overweight and obesity. All p values <0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. Results indicated that the prevalence of overweight was 13.4% and obesity 6.9%. Type of school, owning television, parent’s employment status and mode of transport to school were each independently significantly associated with overweight and obesity of the children. In conclusion, overweight and obesity exist in nursery school children in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya. Increase in physical activities should be ensured both at home and in the communities.

scholarly journals PARENTAL AWARENESS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ADDRESSING LOW-INCOME ADOLESCENTS IN BRAZIL

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Fernanda Paixão Silveira Bello ◽  
Nathália Bordeira Chagas ◽  
Vera Lúcia Martins Pinto ◽  
Liamaura Levy de Andrade Leite Camargo ◽  
Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Obese Adolescents ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Parental Awareness ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Weight Problem ◽  
Parental Recognition

Objective: To evaluate parental awareness and management of overweight and obesity in a sample of low income adolescents registered in a primary health care center (PHCC) in Brazil. Method: Among adolescents registered in the PHCC, 142 agreed to participate in this study and their body mass index was calculated. Unaware of the anthropometric data, parents were visited at home and asked to select a descriptor for their offspring’s body weight (underweight, about right, overweight, and obese). Results: Seventeen adolescents were classified as overweight (12.0%) and 14 as obese (10.0%). Among 17 overweight adolescents, 13 (76.5%) were accurately identified by their parents in that condition, and among 13 obese adolescents, 12 (92.3%) were. Three parents of overweight (23.1%) and five parents (41.6%) of obese adolescents tried to manage their offspring’s weight problem with a healthcare provider support. Conclusions: Despite the fact that parental recognition was relatively high in this population, our data revealed a low demand for interventionsto reverse the adolescent’s overweight and obesity.

Clothing Custom Design: Qualitative and Anthropometric Data Collection of a Person with Multiple Sclerosis

2016 ◽  
pp. 359-369
Author(s):  
Bruna Brogin ◽  
Dalila Campigotto Weiss ◽  
Sandra Marchi ◽  
Maria Lucia Ribeiro Okimoto ◽  
Sabrina Talita de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Custom Design

TO BE AN IMMIGRANT: A RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPING OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE?

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
SYLVIA KIRCHENGAST ◽  
EDITH SCHOBER
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
The Body ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Childhood Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Percentile Curves

Childhood overweight and obesity, especially among migrant children, are current health problems in several European countries. In the present study the prevalence of overweight and obesity among migrant children from Turkey and the former Yugoslavia was documented and compared with that of Austrian children in Vienna. Anthropometric data from 1786 children were collected at the ages of 6, 10 and 15 years. Body mass was estimated by means of the body mass index and percentile curves were used to determine weight status. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was found to be significantly higher among migrant children. Children and adolescents from the former Yugoslavia and Turkish girls exhibited especially high rates of overweight and obesity. Biosocial and cultural factors are discussed as causes of these observations.

The intra-rater reliability of anthropometric data collection conducted on the peripubescent foot: A pilot study

The Foot ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.C. Morrison ◽  
B.R. Durward ◽  
G.F. Watt ◽  
M.D.C. Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Rater Reliability

scholarly journals Current state of the art and enduring issues in anthropometric data collection

DYNA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (197) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Bragança ◽  
Pedro Arezes ◽  
Miguel Carvalho ◽  
Susan Ashdown
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Current State

<p>El estudio del tamaño y la forma del cuerpo humano ha sido un tema de investigación durante un tiempo muy largo. En el pasado, la antropometría utilizó técnicas de medición tradicionales para registrar las dimensiones del cuerpo humano y reportó la variación en las dimensiones del cuerpo en función de la media y la desviación estándar. Hoy en día, el estudio de las dimensiones del cuerpo humano se puede llevar a cabo utilizando maneras más eficientes, como los escáneres tridimensionales del cuerpo, que pueden proporcionar grandes cantidades de datos antropométricos más rápidamente que las técnicas tradicionales. En este trabajo se presenta una descripción de la amplia gama de temas relacionados con la recogida de datos antropométricos utilizando escáneres tridimensionales del cuerpo, incluyendo los diferentes tipos de tecnologías disponibles y sus implicaciones, el proceso de digitalización estándar necesario para la captura efectiva de datos, y las posibles fuentes de los errores de medición que podrán afectar la fiabilidad y validez de los datos recogidos.</p>

scholarly journals Effect of Differences in Month and Location of Measurement in Estimating Prevalence and Trend of Wasting and Stunting in India in 2005–2006 and 2015–2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily M Madan ◽  
Edward A Frongillo ◽  
Sayeed Unisa ◽  
Laxmikant Dwivedi ◽  
Robert Johnston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Child Undernutrition ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Marked Variability ◽  
National Family ◽  
Future Data ◽  
Negative Difference ◽  
Do So

ABSTRACT Background Child undernutrition in India remains widespread. Data from the National Family Health Survey 3 and 4 (NFHS-3 and NFHS-4) suggest that wasting prevalence has increased while stunting prevalence has declined. Objective The objectives of this study were to do the following: 1) describe wasting and stunting by month of measurement in India in children &lt;5 y of age in NFHS-3 and NFHS-4 surveys, and 2) test whether differences in the timing of anthropometric data collection and in states between survey years introduced bias in the comparison of estimates of wasting and stunting between NFHS-3 and NFHS-4. Methods Data on wasting and stunting for 42,608 and 232,744 children aged &gt;5 y in the NFHS-3 and NFHS-4 survey rounds were analyzed. Differences in the prevalence of wasting and stunting by month of year and by state of residence were examined descriptively. Regression analyses were conducted to test the sensitivity of the estimate of differences in wasting and stunting prevalence across survey years to both state differences and seasonality. Results Examination of the patterns of wasting and stunting by month of measurement and by state across survey years reveal marked variability. When both state and month were adjusted, regardless of the method used to account for sample size, there was a small negative difference from 2005–2006 to 2015–2016 in the prevalence of wasting (−0.8 ± 0.6 percentage points; P = 0.2) and a negative difference in stunting prevalence (−8.3 ± 0.7 percentage points; P &lt; 0.001), indicating a small bias for wasting but not for stunting in unadjusted analyses. Conclusions State and seasonal differences may have introduced bias to the estimated difference in prevalence of wasting between the survey years but did not do so for stunting. Future data collection should be designed to maximize consistency in coverage of both time and place.

The relationship between overweight and obesity in girls with vulvovaginitis and duration of breastfeeding

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
N. B. Spiridonova ◽  
◽  
O. V. Sazonova ◽  
A. A. Bezrukova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Growth Coefficient ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Weight Growth ◽  
Duration Of Breastfeeding ◽  
The Relationship

Aim. To assess the relationship of the anthropometric parameters of girls with the development of vulvovaginitis and the duration of breastfeeding. Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, 175 prepubertal girls at the age of 3-6 years, 73 girls with vulvovaginitis (main group) and 102 girls examined at a routine preventive examination in a children’s polyclinic without symptoms or signs of vulvovaginitis were examined, constituted a comparison group. When analyzing the anthropometric data of girls, we used the centile tables of M. Dementyev and B. I. Ilyina. Patients with a history of suspected sexual abuse or suspected vaginal foreign body were excluded from the study. Legal representatives of the subjects were informed about the purpose of the study and gave written informed voluntary consent. As part of a survey of the child’s legal representatives and copying data from outpatient cards, information was obtained about the mother’s obstetric and gynecological history, the child’s height and weight at birth, and the child’s height and weight at the time of the examination was assessed. Evaluation of the nature of feeding was carried out in 174 girls (1 girl was adopted). The processing of statistical data and the establishment of statistical significance was carried out using the chi-square test. Differences with a significance level of P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The method of multiple logistic regression was used to establish the influence of the child’s anthropometric data on the likelihood of vulvovaginitis and the relationship with the presence and duration of lactation. Results. There is a relationship between the anthropometric data of girls at birth and at the age of 3 to 6 years and the development of vulvovaginitis. In the group with vulvovaginitis, girls with a weight-growth coefficient at birth less than 3 centile (p = 0.044) were less common, and vulvovaginitis developed 2.79 times more often (95% CI: 1.2-6.53) in girls with overweight and obesity between the ages of 3 and 6. There is no relationship between the anthropometric data of the child, the presence and duration of breastfeeding. Conclusion. It was established that there is a relationship between the anthropometric data of girls at birth and at the age of 3-6 years and the development of vulvovaginitis. In the group with vulvovaginitis, girls with a weight-growth coefficient at birth less than 3 centile (p = 0.044) were less common, and vulvovaginitis developed 2.79 times more often in girls with overweight and obesity at the age of 3-6 years (95% CI: 1.2-6.53). There is no relationship between the anthropometric data of the child, the presence and duration of breastfeeding.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document