scholarly journals Association of weight, height and body mass index with early childhood caries among primary school children of Peshawar.

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (09) ◽  
pp. 1592-1596
Author(s):  
Madeeha Bangash ◽  
Laila Mustafa ◽  
Sana Idrees ◽  
Syed Omar Farooq ◽  
Ammara Sami ◽  
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Background: Dental caries is the single most common disease in children that has no pharmacological treatment. Global population exhibit some evidence of tooth decay affecting both genders, all races, socioeconomic status and age groups. Good oral health of early childhood has a vital role in overall health of school children. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine association of weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) with early childhood caries (ECC) among primary school children of Peshawar. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Different Schools of Hayatabad, Peshawar. Period: Four months (January-April 2019). Material and Methods: Total of 240 school children, having sound heath with no systemic disease were included in the study. Children’s weight and height were recorded and body mass index (BMI) was converted to z-scores and percentiles. The association of ECC with BMI, height and weight was determined. Results: The mean age, weight, height, body mass index, dmfs and Z-score was 5.3±0.79 years, 20.34±3.75 kg, 3.47±0.246 feet, 18.06±4.08 kg/m2, 14.84±15.73, and 1.14±1.22 respectively. The association of early childhood caries among primary school children was not significant with age (P=0.424), height (P=0.622) and gender (P=0.061). The association was highly statistically significant with BMI (P<0.001). Conclusion: Children with higher ECC scores were significantly associated with BMI.

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 1099-1110
Author(s):  
Alamri Fahad ◽  
Alahmadi Abdulrahman ◽  
AlGhamdi Badr ◽  
Alghamdi Essam ◽  
Alqarni Anas ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.34) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Mohamad Razali Abdullah ◽  
Nuruaslizawati Ayob ◽  
Siti Musliha Mat-Rasid ◽  
Hafizan Juahir ◽  
Rabiu Muazu Musa ◽  
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This study aims to compare dominant factors of anthropometrics and motor component among children relative body mass index. A total 5819 primary school children (3243 boys and 2576 girls) aged 7.30±0.28 years old were subdivided into four groups according their Body Mass Index (BMI) namely underweight group (UWG), normal weight group (NWG), overweight group (OWG) and obese group (OBG). The parameters involved in this study are weight, height, standing broad jump (SBJ), sit and reach (SAR), hand wall toss (HWT) and 20 meter run (20MR). Method of Principle Components Analysis (PCA) was employed to ascertain the domain factors parameters for each BMI group. For boys and girls, initial PCA identifies two components with higher Eigen value (> 1). In first component VF1 for boys and girls, PCA after varimax rotation revealed two varifactors that are weight (> 0.90) and height (> 0.80) for all BMI group. Otherwise, second component VF2 for boys and girls revealed high factor loading on low muscular strength, hand-eye coordination and speed. This study indicates there is direct effect between motor proficiency and BMI among preschool population and revealed that primary school children with high body mass may have lower motor proficiency on explosive strength, coordination and speed compared with normal body mass. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 3803-3811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Karnebeek ◽  
Supriya Thapar ◽  
Maartje Willeboordse ◽  
Onno C P van Schayck ◽  
Anita C E Vreugdenhil

AbstractContextChildhood obesity increases the risk of diseases as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.ObjectiveTo evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities in school-age children with obesity and to compare its prevalence and the effect of a lifestyle intervention between children in primary and secondary school and between boys and girls.DesignCross-sectional analysis and lifestyle intervention.SettingCentre for Overweight Adolescent and Children’s Healthcare.PatientsComorbidities were evaluated in 149 primary and 150 secondary school children with (morbid) obesity (162 girls). The effect of lifestyle intervention was studied in 82 primary and 75 secondary school children.InterventionOne-year interdisciplinary lifestyle intervention.ResultsInsulin resistance (37%), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (3%), dyslipidemia (48%), hypertension (7%), and elevated liver transaminase levels (54%) were already common in primary school children. Glomerular hyperfiltration and insulin resistance were more prevalent in secondary school children. IGT was more prevalent in girls. The change in body mass index z score after intervention was greater in primary school children (primary vs secondary: −0.25 ± 0.32 vs −0.11 ± 0.47), even as the change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations [primary vs secondary: −0.30 (interquartile range, −0.70 to 0.10) vs −0.10 (interquartile range, −0.40 to 0.30)] and systolic blood pressure z score (primary vs secondary: −0.32 ± 1.27 vs 0.24 ± 1.3). The change in body mass index z score, but not in comorbidities, was greater in boys (boys vs girls: −0.33 ± 0.45 vs −0.05 ± 0.31).ConclusionsThe presence of comorbidities is already evident in primary school children with obesity. The effect of a lifestyle intervention on these comorbidities is greater in primary compared with secondary school children, stressing the need for early interventions.


2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 679-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Lazarus ◽  
M Wake ◽  
K Hesketh ◽  
E Waters

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