Body height and weight of children in Novi Sad

Božić-Krstić, Verica; Pavlica, Tatjana; Rakić, Rada

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“…Body mass and height are the most important measures of growth, development and reflect health condition and maturity of an individual [9]. The finding that body mass and stature increase with increasing age is consistent with biological processes in adequately nourished children [10].…”

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confidence: 55%

Prevalence of Obesity among Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

Akinlade¹

2014

JNHFS

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Lagos, Nigeria Ben-Bassey et al. [7] reported overall prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in the urban and rural areas to be 3.7% and 0.4%, and 3.0% and 0.0%, respectively. Furthermore, the prevalence rates of obesity and being overweight in a study carried out in Cross River, Nigeria were 1.7% and 6.8%, respectively [8]. Considering the importance of obesity complications for the health state of society and its increasing rate, careful evaluation, monitoring and follow up of obesity in children and adolescents should be a great importance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to find the prevalence of obesity in Nigerian adolescents in an urban community. Subjects and Methods Subject and sample size The subjects were urban adolescent attending Senior Secondary School Children in the age group of 12-18 years in Oyo State, Nigeria. Subjects were selected from Government and Private schools, in order to recruit them from different socioeconomic strata. Total sample size was 821 respondents from both public (447) and private (375) Schools in the selected Local Government Areas. Methodology The study was descriptive and cross-sectional covering public and private secondary schools in Ibadan North and Ibadan SouthWest Local Government Areas of Oyo State. Data was collected during 2011/2012 academic session (second term). Sampling procedure The samples for this study were drawn from 20 public and private secondary schools within the two selected local government area (Ibadan North and Ibadan SouthWest) of Oyo State, Nigeria. The schools were randomly selected from a list of all the schools in the local government areas. Twenty schools were the targeted study sample. Respondents were selected using multistage sampling techniques. Both boys and girls were eligible to participate in the study.

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Prevalence of Obesity among Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

Akinlade¹

2014

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“…The first survey was performed in 1971 (Gavrilović 1972, and the subsequent in 1981 (Božić-Krstić 1983), 1991(Božić-Krstić et al, 2000), 2001(Rakić, 2009 and 2017, following the instructions of the International Biological Program (Weiner and Lourie, 1969;Lohman et al, 1988). The data for the period 1971-2001 were already published (Božić-Krstić et al, 2004), but in order to obtain continuity and better insight into secular changes they are also presented here. The survey was conducted in pre-school institutions and primary schools situated in the center of the city of Novi Sad.…”

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“…Secular changes in height and weight have been a focus of attention in various populations, but there is not enough data regarding Serbian population. Božić et al(2004) published the results of height and weight of children aged 3 -11 in the periods between 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 in Novi Sad, the capital of Vojvodina Province (North Serbia). They found positive changes in height and weight in the decades 1971-1981and 1981-1991 the period between 1991 and 2001 both positive and negative changes were recorded, due to the change of politicaland economic situation in the country.…”

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Secular trends in height and weight among children from Novi Sad (Serbia), 1971-2017

Pavlica¹,

Rakić²,

Popović³

et al. 2018

Gl Antropol društva Srbije

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The secular trend is biological indicator for assessing the degree of socioeconomic development of a country. The study aims to analyze the secular trend of height and weight of children 3-11 aged in the city of Novi Sad (Serbia) in the period between 1971 and 2017. An anthropometric investigation was conducted six times within the stated period. The data are presented for a total of 13037 children (6969 boys; 6068 girls) on the territory of Novi Sad.The results point to a positive secular trend, although this is not observable in all ages and decades. The mean height of preschool boys and girls increased 0.21 cm and 0.11 cm per decade respectively, while in school boys and girls an increase was 0.70 cm and 0.55 cm per decade. The mean weight of preschool boys and girls increased 0.1 kg and 0.03 cm per decade respectively, while in school boys and girls an increase was 0.69 kg and 0.57 kg per decade. The magnitude of secular changes in body height and weight was not stable. These results possibly reflect a very turbulent socioeconomic and political situation in the country, which began in the 1990s.

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“…The analysis of the results achieved through anthropometrical measurements indicates that boys from Podgorica and Berane, in terms of weight and body height, as well as BMI, go ahead of the girls in both regions, which is expected for this age. Based on different research (Ivanović, 1996;Rakic, 2009;Bozic-Krstic et al 2004), it has been known that boys of 13 and 14 years exceed girls in terms of height, as well as other parameters, which has been confirmed in these surveys as well.…”

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Body Growth, Development and Nutritional Statues of Puberty Children in Urban and Rural Areas of Podgorica and Berane in Montenegro

Scepanovic¹,

Vujovic²,

Ivanović³

et al. 2019

AgricultForest

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The puberty represents one of the most critical children and adolescents growth and development period, when considerable differences between age and sex may be observed. The aim of this paper was to determine body height, body mass, menarche and nutritional status in children aged 13 and 14 in Podgorica (urban area) and Berane (the rural area around Berane). This overview study, according to International Biology Program (IBP) instructions, was performed in 2018 in elementary schools in Podgorica and Berane, and includes children aged 13 and 14. In Podgorica, 216 students underwent analysis, while 214 of them underwent analysis in Berane. Boys from Podgorica had a slightly higher average body height, body weight and body mass index (BMI) in examined years compared to boys from Berane, but there was no statistical significance. Girls aged 14 years from Podgorica are slightly higher average body height and BMI and statistically significant (p <0.05) higher mean body weight compared to girls from Berane. An analysis of the nutritional status of children aged 13 and 14 in Podgorica and Berane shows that the highest percentage of boys (68.5% from Podgorica and 68.4% from Berane) and girls (75.7% from Podgorica and 74% from Berane) are in the category of normal weight. Girls in Podgorica have a menarche with 12.15 ± 0.84 and girls in Berane with 12.51 ± 0.68 years, which is a statistically significant difference (p=0.03). The girls in Podgorica have been puberty earlier than their peers in Berane. Higher obesity rate in girls in urban areas, leads to a conclusion that the attention should be particularly directed towards the diet and origin of food, especially in child development period.

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Body height and weight of children in Novi Sad

Abstract: Lower values of height and weight recorded in 2001 are probably due to the changes in living conditions or they indicate that the acceleration reached its peak.

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Prevalence of Obesity among Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

Prevalence of Obesity among Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

Secular trends in height and weight among children from Novi Sad (Serbia), 1971-2017

Body Growth, Development and Nutritional Statues of Puberty Children in Urban and Rural Areas of Podgorica and Berane in Montenegro

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