Physical activity, transportation mode and sedentary time on the development of overweight and obesity in school-age children in China: China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) 2010–2012

Background. Today, it is very speculative to talk about the percentage of obese children in the world because these figures change significantly from day to day, and there are even significant differences between respondents in the same country, according to geographical area and place of residence. A constant decline in the level of physical activity of children on a global level can be reported from the age when they start school. Energy intake of food is largely from energy consumption, which leads to an increase in body weight and obesity. Factors of overweight and obesity are associated with a sensitive comparison of health: a significantly increased risk of diabetes, disorders of the locomotor system, and increased social and psychological rights. Methods and results. During the systematization of the research on the topic, the aim of the paper was to determine whether the influence of physical activity on anthropometric parameters in school-age children is reviewed by previous research. Nineteen types of studies were collected. The following electronic databases were used to search the literature: MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Web of Science SPORTS DISCUS in the period from 2004 to 2016. The respondents included in the research were school-age children. Conclusion. The positive impact of various physical activity programs is aimed at reducing the parameters of anthropometric characteristics and obesity prevention. Keywords: physical activity, school program, morphology, anthropomeric data, exercises.

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Leisure-time physical activity, objective urban neighborhood built environment, and overweight and obesity of Chinese school-age children

Journal of Transport & Health ◽

10.1016/j.jth.2018.05.001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 322-333 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lin Lin

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Built Environment ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Urban Neighborhood ◽

Chinese School ◽

Neighborhood Built Environment

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Dietary Quality Comparison of the School and Home Lunches Consumed by Chinese School-Age Children and Adolescents: Analysis of the 2011 China Health and Nutrition Survey

Korean Journal of Community Nutrition ◽

10.5720/kjcn.2020.25.6.474 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 474

Author(s):

Chengyu Zhang ◽

Suhua Jin ◽

Jihyun Yoon ◽

Meeyoung Kim

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Dietary Quality ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Nutrition Survey ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Chinese School

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Nutrition Status of Children, Teenagers, and Adults From National Health and Nutrition Surveys in Mexico From 2006 to 2020

Frontiers in Nutrition ◽

10.3389/fnut.2021.777246 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Teresa Shamah-Levy ◽

Lucia Cuevas-Nasu ◽

Martín Romero-Martínez ◽

Ignacio Méndez Gómez-Humaran ◽

Marco Antonio Ávila-Arcos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

National Health ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Nutrition Status ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Z Score ◽

Anthropometric Data ◽

Nutrition Surveys ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Weight For Age

Background: Population-level health and nutrition surveys provide critical anthropometric data used to monitor trends of the prevalence of under nutrition and overweight in children under 5 years old, and overweight and obesity in the population over 5 years of age.Objective: Analyze the children malnutrition and overweight and obesity in children, teenagers and adults through the National Health and Nutrition Surveys information available from public databases.Materials and Methods: Comparable anthropometric data was gathered by five Mexican National Health and Nutrition Surveys (in Spanish, ENSANUT). In pre-school-age children, under nutrition status was identified through underweight (Z-score below −2 in weight-for-age), stunting (chronic malnutrition) (Z-score below −2 for length/height-for-age), or wasting (Z-score below −2, for weight-for-length/height); overweight status was defined as a body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) for age over +2. For school-age children and adolescents, a Z-score BMI between +1 and +2 deviations was defined as overweight, and between +2 and +5.5 as obesity. In adults (≥20 years of age), overweight status was classified as a BMI between 25.0 and 29.9, and obesity as ≥30.Results: The anthropometric data presented derives from the databases of five survey years of the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey: 2006, 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2020. They include a total of 210,915 subjects with complete anthropometric data (weight, length/height) distributed on five survey moments; subjects were categorized by age group: pre-school-age children (n = 25,968), school-age children (n = 42,255), adolescents (n = 39,275), and adults (n = 103,417). Prevalence of malnutrition by indicator was calculated: in pre-school-age children: low height- and weight-for-age, low weight-for-height, and overweight; and in school-age children, adolescents, and adults, the indicators calculated were overweight and obesity.Conclusions: Results demonstrate the importance of maintaining systematic, reliable, and timely national anthropometric data in the population, in order to detect and track trends and to form the basis of nutrition-related public policy.

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The development of a Chinese Healthy Eating Index for School-age Children and its Application in children from China Health and Nutrition Survey

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition ◽

10.1080/09637486.2020.1796930 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Han Wu ◽

Ya-Qun Yuan ◽

Ying-Chuan Wang ◽

Xiao-Feng Zhou ◽

Shao-Jie Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Nutrition Survey ◽

Health And Nutrition

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Overweight and obesity in Mexican children and adolescents during the last 25 years

Nutrition and Diabetes ◽

10.1038/nutd.2016.52 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. e247-e247 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

S Hernández-Cordero ◽

L Cuevas-Nasu ◽

M C Morales-Ruán ◽

I Méndez-Gómez Humarán ◽

M A Ávila-Arcos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Age Groups ◽

Child Growth ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

World Health ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Nutrition Survey ◽

Mexican Children ◽

Rate Of Increase

Abstract Background/Objective: The objective of the study was to provide current estimates of the prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity (OW+OB) in Mexican children and adolescents. Subjects/Methods: Body mass index objectively measured was analyzed for 37 147 children and adolescents aged 0–19 years obtained in 2012 as part of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT-2012), a nationally representative sample of the Mexican population. In addition, data from previous National Nutrition Surveys obtained in 1988, 1999 and 2006 were compared with analyze trends over a 24-year period (1988–2012) for children <5 years of age and adolescents and over a 13-year period (1999–2012) for school-age children. World Health Organization Child Growth Standard was used to define OW+OB. Results: In 2012, 33.5% of children <5 years of age (both sexes) were at risk of overweight or were overweight (OW); 32% and 36.9% of girls and boys 5–11 years of age were OW+OB, respectively, and 35.8% and 34.1% of female and male adolescents were OW+OB, respectively. Statistically significant trends were documented for all age groups during the study period. Overall change in the combined prevalence in preschool children was 6.3±1.0 percentage points (pp; P<0.001; 0.26 pp per year) in the last 24 years, showing the highest increase between 1988 and 1999, whereas for school-age girls (from 1999 to 2012) and adolescent females (from 1988 to 2012), OW+OB increased across all periods at a declining trend, with an overall change of 0.5 and 1.0 pp per year, respectively. Changes in the prevalence of OW+OB were highest among children and adolescents in the lowest quintile of the household living condition index. Conclusions: Prevalence of OW+OB among children and adolescents increased significantly during the last 13–24 years. The rate of increase has declined in the last 6 years in all age groups. Changes in prevalence of OW+OB presented here suggest that, in Mexico, the burden of obesity is shifting toward the groups with lower socioeconomic level.

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