scholarly journals Study determinants of increased Z-Score of Body Mass Index in preschool-age children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathi Mahmoud El-Gamal ◽  
R Babader ◽  
M Al-Shaikh ◽  
A Al-Harbi ◽  
J Al-Kaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Stunted Growth ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Allergic Disorders

Abstract Objective : To determine the association between socioeconomic level, gender, stunting and other characteristics with the presence of overweight/obesity in the preschool children . Result : BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD was found in 19.5% of the children. It was more common among the children from areas with high socio-economic level (OR: 2.43; 95% CI 1.54, 3.84, and p < 0.000) . obesity was higher among the males (OR 1.76; 95% CI 1.09, 2.8, and p < 0.02) compared to females. The increased duration of breast feeding, was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= 0.027, p < 0.004). Decreased age of the child was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= - 0.013, p < 0.004). The children with stunted growth were 6.7 times fold likely to have BMI/Age Z Score > + 2 SD compared to the normal children (OR 6.73; 95% CI 3.79, 10.80, and p < 0.000), after allowing for other factors. No significant association was found between allergic disorders and BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD. Thus male gender, high socioeconomic condition, increased duration of breast feeding and stunting were significantly associated with overweight/obesity in preschool children

Study determinants of increased Z-Score of Body Mass Index in preschool-age children 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathi Mahmoud El-Gamal ◽  
R Babader ◽  
M Al-Shaikh ◽  
A Al-Harbi ◽  
J Al-Kaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Stunted Growth ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Allergic Disorders

Abstract Objective : To determine the association between socioeconomic level, gender, stunting and other characteristics with the presence of overweight/obesity in the preschool children.Result : BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD was found in 19.5% of the children. It was more common among the children from areas with high socio-economic level (OR: 2.43; 95% CI 1.54, 3.84, and p < 0.000) . obesity was higher among the males (OR 1.76; 95% CI 1.09, 2.8, and p < 0.02) compared to females. The increased duration of breast feeding, was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= 0.027, p < 0.004). Decreased age of the child was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= - 0.013, p < 0.004). The children with stunted growth were 6.7 times fold likely to have BMI/Age Z Score > + 2 SD compared to the normal children (OR 6.73; 95% CI 3.79, 10.80, and p < 0.000), after allowing for other factors. No significant association was found between allergic disorders and BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD. Thus male gender, high socioeconomic condition, increased duration of breast feeding and stunting were significantly associated with overweight/obesity in preschool children

scholarly journals Study Risk factors of increased Z-Score of Body Mass Index in preschool-age children

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathi Mahmoud El-Gamal ◽  
R Babader ◽  
M Al-Shaikh ◽  
A Al-Harbi ◽  
J Al-Kaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Stunted Growth ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Allergic Disorders

Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to explore the risk factors of increased BMI /Age Z score > + 2 SD in the preschool children. Result: BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD was found in 19.5% (146 /748) of the children. It was significantly more common among the children from areas with high socio-economic level (OR: 2.434; 95% CI 1.543, 3.841, and p < 0.000). Risk of being obese was significantly higher among the males (OR 0.630; 95% CI 0.431, 0.920, and p < 0.017) compared to females. The increased duration of breast feeding in infancy, was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= 0.027, p< 0.004). Decreased age of the child was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= - 0.013, p < 0.004). The children with stunted growth were 6.7 times fold likely to have BMI/Age Z Score > + 2 SD compared to the normal children (OR 6.733; 95% CI 3.799, 10.800, and p < 0.000), after allowing for other factors. No significant association was found between allergic disorders and BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD.

Visual Superiority Effect in Televised Prevention of Victimization Programs for Preschool Children

1989 ◽  
Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1179-1182
Author(s):  
Harvey J. Ginsburg ◽  
Cathy Jenkins ◽  
Rachel Walsh ◽  
Brad Peck
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Auditory Input ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Superiority Effect ◽  
Educational Method ◽  
Preschool Age Children

Preschool children have been reported to remember more visual than auditory content from television programs. 80 preschool children were randomly assigned to conditions where visual or auditory components of a televised program on personal safety were manipulated. Visually modeled actions were slightly more salient for preschool-age children than actions represented auditorily. The combination of visual and auditory input provided the superior educational method.

scholarly journals Calibration and Evaluation of an Objective Measure of Physical Activity in Preschool Children

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Sirard ◽  
Stewart G. Trost ◽  
Karin A. Pfeiffer ◽  
Marsha Dowda ◽  
Russell R. Pate
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Interobserver Reliability ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Physical Activity Intensity ◽  
Activity Intensity ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Trained Observers ◽  
Children’S Physical Activity

Background:The purposes of this study were 1) to establish accelerometer count cutoffs to categorize activity intensity of 3 to 5-y old-children and 2) to evaluate the accelerometer as a measure of children’s physical activity in preschool settings.Methods:While wearing an ActiGraph accelerometer, 16 preschool children performed five, 3-min structured activities. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analyses identified count cutoffs for four physical activity intensities. In 9 preschools, 281 children wore an ActiGraph during observations performed by three trained observers (interobserver reliability = 0.91 to 0.98).Results:Separate count cutoffs for 3, 4, and 5-y olds were established. Sensitivity and specificity for the count cutoffs ranged from 86.7% to 100.0% and 66.7% to 100.0%, respectively. ActiGraph counts/15 s were different among all activities (P < 0.05) except the two sitting activities. Correlations between observed and ActiGraph intensity categorizations at the preschools ranged from 0.46 to 0.70 (P < 0.001).Conclusions:The ActiGraph count cutoffs established and validated in this study can be used to objectively categorize the time that preschool-age children spend in different physical activity intensity levels.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN STIMULASI BERMAIN, KUALITAS INTERAKSI DAN VERBAL ABUSE DENGAN PERKEMBANGAN PERSONAL SOSIAL ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Ulva Noviana
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
P Value ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Interaction Quality ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Relationship Of

One aspect of development in preschoolers is personal social development. Preliminary study results conducted on 10 children obtained results 6 children with caution assessment, 2 children with delayed assessment, and 2 children with normal assessment with the Suspect interpretation on the assessment of the Denver II test.The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of play stimulation, the quality of interaction, and verbal abuse with the social development of preschoolers in kindergarten of Al-Djufri VI. This research use Analytical method with Cross Sectional approach with independent variables is play stimulation, interaction quality, and verbal abuse and the dependent variable is personal social development. The population is the parents of preschool children in kindergarten of Al-Djufri VI as many as 38 people with a total sample of 38 people Using total sampling technique. The instruments in this study used questionnaires on independent variables and used the Denver II test on the dependent variable.Statistical test using spearman rank test with significance level of 0.05. The result of this study using spearmen rank shows there is relationship of play stimulation with social development of preschool children with p value 0,000 <0,05 and r = 0,677, There is relationship of interaction quality with social development of preschool age children with p value 0,000 <0,05 and r = 0,724, There is relationship of verbal abuse with social development of preschool age children with p value 0,040 <0,05 and r = 0,334. Play stimulation, interaction quality, and verbal abuse have a relationship with personal social development. Parents and teachers are advised to be able to increase their knowledge as an effort to prevent child development delay in social aspect by doing screening test on health service to measure child development level.

scholarly journals PREPARING FUTURE EDUCATORS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TASKS OF THE ECOLOGICAL AND NATURAL EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOLERS IN THE CONTEXT OF UPDATING HIGHER EDUCATION STANDARDS

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Larisa Prisyazhnyuk ◽  
Olga Groshovenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
A Value ◽  
Preschool Age Children

The change of reference points in the ecological and natural education of preschool-age children actualizes the need for training teachers who are able to build the educational process in accordance with contemporary tasks and updated approaches. The list of special competencies that should be formed by the future educator for the successful implementation of the tasks of the ecological and natural education for preschoolers requires clarification. These competencies include: the ability of children to form primary ideas about the environment, the properties and relations of objects; development of self- awareness; the ability to form a value attitude to nature in preschool children, which is manifested in environmentally friendly behavior and activities in the environment. The results of student learning are also specified. Clarification of special competences and the results of preparing future educators allowed to design mechanisms for mastering the content.

Cartalk! Conversational Topics of Preschool Children En Route Home From Preschool

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine A. Marvin
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Time Frames ◽  
Car Travel

The conversations of 9 preschool-age children (chronological age [CA] 4:0 to 5:2, years:months) were tape-recorded as they traveled home from school with their parent in the family car. The speech samples (5 to 20 minutes in length) were coded to identify the semantic content of topics the children spoke about most often in this setting. References to specific persons, time frames, and content were noted. Overall, the children spoke most often about the here and now, making frequent references to the present and themselves or their parent. References to past and future events, however, were made more frequently in the car setting than at home or school by the same children (Marvin, Beukelman, Brockhous, & Kast, 1994). The content of most cartalk addressed the children's school projects and play, vehicles, food, and people's actions or positions. Most references to the past and to school projects occurred during the first 5 minutes of travel and often were prompted by the presence of a project remnant in the car or by a parent's questions or comments. References to future events occurred more frequently during the latter portion of the trip. The merits of viewing the family car (and car travel time) as an important setting for advancing young children's decontextual use of language are discussed.

scholarly journals Representations of Family Concept in Senior Preschool Age Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Tatiana SAKHAROVA ◽  
Inna ZHURAVLEVA ◽  
Maria BATAEVA
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Parent Relationships ◽  
Emotional Relationships ◽  
The Family ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
The World

Peculiarities of representations of family concept in senior preschool-age children are considered in the article. The authors of the article define representations as a certain vision of the world and relationships in it that help an individual to adapt to the world around him. According to the authors, the style of child-parent relations has an impact on the formation of a child’s ideas about family. As a result of empiric research, the authors come to the conclusion that the personality-centred style of child-parent relationship fosters ideas of positive family relations in senior preschool-age children. The tolerant type of child-parent relations determines the formation of the concept of neutral family relations in older preschool children. The ego-isolated style of child-parent relationships contributes to the formation of negative ideas about family relationships in senior preschool children. The empirical research has shown the predominance of ideas about positive family relationships in senior preschool children. In general, children of senior preschool age include family members, people and animals who live together with the child in the representation of the family, describe joint recreation and pastime, note the care of themselves as a child and characterize the features of emotional relationships between themselves and other family members. All three types of family concepts’ representations are manifested both in boys and girls. It is possible to trace the tendency of the predominance of ideas about negative family relations in boys, the predominance of ideas about neutral family relations in girls of senior preschool age.

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF FORMATION LABOR SKILLS IN SENIOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Karnaukhova ◽  
I.V. Kovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Scientific Contribution ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Labor Skills

The article presents the analysis of problem of formation labor skills of preschool age children. Theoretical analysis of scientific contribution of philosophers, psychologists, educators concerning the formation of labor skills in preschool children is made. Author determined the conditions for formation labor skills in preschool children.

scholarly journals Health behavior of families having preschool-age children

Medicina ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aušra Petrauskienė ◽  
Liudmila Dregval ◽  
Sandra Petkutė
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
University Education ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Fresh Vegetables ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits ◽  
Watching Tv

The aim of this study is to assess health behavior among families growing up the preschool children. The study was performed in 2007 in Kaunas kindergartens selected randomly. The anonymous questionnaires were filled in by 271 families. Mothers answered to the questions more frequently than fathers did. Fathers were less educated than mothers. It was estimated that preschool-age children used fresh vegetables and fruits insufficiently. Two-thirds of children ate fresh vegetables at least once a day, and only 1 of 20 – 3 times a day. Children ate fresh fruits more frequently than vegetables: every tenth child used them three times a day. The tendency of relation between parents’ education and frequency of eating fresh vegetables and fruits was established. More frequently they were used in families where parents had university education. Physical activity of examined families was insufficient. Half of the parents have never done their morning exercises, and about half of the preschool-age children did their exercises rarely (12.5%) or never (41.4%). The majority of children exercised every day in families where fathers had incomplete secondary/secondary education. Children spend much time passively watching TV or playing with computer. Harmful habits among parents are spread widely in the families: more than one-third of fathers and every thirteenth mother smoke regularly; alcohol is used in the majority of families.

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