Frequency of under- and overweight among children and adolescents during the economic transition in Poland

Żądzińska, Elżbieta; Rosset, Iwona; Kozieł, Sławomir; Nawarycz, Tadeusz; Borowska-Strugińska, Beata; Lorkiewicz, Wiesław; Ostrowska-Nawarycz, Lidia; Sitek, Aneta

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2012.03.001

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“…In the Polish study, in the analysis of changes in the prevalence of underweight among children and adolescents aged 7–18 years in Łódź within the 26 years of transformation (both economic and political), Żądzińskia et al [25] observed an increase in body weight deficiency in the years 1977/1978 and 2002/2004, in the group of boys from 7.2 to 12.1% and in the group of girls from 11.0 to 20.2%. In comparison to other European countries, it is a disturbing trend.…”

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The relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and thinness among Polish school-aged children and adolescents

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The analysis was performed on a database including 17,427 records of subjects aged 7–18 years, randomly sampled from a population of Polish students. Thinness was determined using international cut-off points, defined to pass through body mass index of 18.5 kg/m2 at the age of 18. The weighted prevalence of thinness and odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were estimated for gender, birth weight, level of schooling and school location, gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant, family income and maternal education. Body height was analysed according to body mass and birth weight categories. The prevalence of thinness was higher among children with low birth weight and among girls. The prevalence of thinness decreased with increasing GDP per inhabitant. In analysis by level of schooling: primary-middle-secondary, prevalence of thinness decreased among boys and increased among girls. Thin students were significantly shorter than other students, and thin girls less likely participated in physical education. Conclusion: Gender and socioeconomic factors are important determinants of thinness among Polish children and adolescents. Public health strategies should address family eating practices to prevent negative effects of weight deficit, especially among girls/children from low GDP regions. What is Known: • Socioeconomic factors and gender influence weight status of children and adolescents. What is New:• The first time the prevalence and determinants of thinness based on data from a nationally representative, weighted sample of Polish children aged 7–18 years were presented. • The analysis shows how gender and socioeconomics determinants influence the prevalence of thinness among children and adolescent in post-transformation country and can be used to international comparisons.

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The relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and thinness among Polish school-aged children and adolescents

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“…It is known that the etiopathogenesis of obesity includes a genetic component, as well as a set of environmental determinants (also those, regulating the prenatal environment) and behavioral factors, mostly linked to individual food consumption pattern and lifestyle. Despite the growing incidence of disorders in the weight-growth proportions, observed in the Polish population, especially among children after the social-economic transformation of the nineties in the previous century (among others, see Kozieł et al 2004;Kozieł 2005;Chrzanowska et al 2007;Chrzanowska and Suder 2010;Wronka et al 2012;Żądzińska et al 2012;Chrzanowska et al 2013;Wronka 2013;Żądzińska and Rosset 2013), the genetic determinants of overweight and/ or obesity in the population of Polish children and adolescents are very rarely studied (Luczynski et al 2012).…”

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Association of FTO gene with obesity in Polish schoolchildren

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The goal of the study was verification of fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene polymorphisms as significant risk factors of obesity in the population of Polish children. Body mass index (BMI) and DNA were evaluated, where DNA was extracted from saliva, collected from 213 children at the age of 6-13 years. DNA was genotyped by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and HRM (high resolution melting) techniques, as well as by direct sequencing. Three (3) FTO polymorphisms were identified: rs9939609, rs9926289 and rs76804286, the last polymorphism located between the first two. For the first time, absolute linkage disequilibrium (LD) of FTO gene rs9939609 and rs9926289 polymorphisms was confirmed in data for the Polish population (D'=1, r 2 =1). The lack of a complete dependence among the three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the FTO gene was a consequence of the concurrence of homozygotes with minor alleles A of rs9939609+rs9926289 of FTO (AA+AA) with major alleles of rs76804286 (GG). A case-control association analysis for BMI in obese children (n=51), as compared to normal-weight children (n=162), was based on the effects of genotypes homozygous for the minor alleles of the studied SNPs in recessive and codominant inheritance models (assuming an independent effect of each genotype). A comparison of children with normal BMI with obese children indicate a strong co-dominant effect of a genotype in homozygotes of minor alleles (AA+AA) of completely linked rs9939609+rs9926289 (OR at age 8.89 ± 1.54 years=4.87, 95% CI 1. 81-13.12, p=0.002). An almost five-fold increase of obesity risk in the examined children indicates that the genetic factors, associated with excessive body weight gain, exert stronger effects in the early period of ontogenetic development vs. puberty and adulthood. The role of genetic factors in predisposing to obesity declines with age.

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“…In Poland, overweight (including obesity) prevalence reached 20 % among primary school children [18]. Family SES is an important predictor of children’s overweight [2, 5, 16, 29]. …”

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The relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and basic anthropometric parameters of school-aged children and adolescents in Poland

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The aim of the present paper was to examine the associations between anthropometric parameters, overweight, obesity, and socioeconomic status (SES) of children and adolescents in Poland. Data were collected in the “Elaboration of reference blood pressure ranges for children and adolescents in Poland” OLAF-PL0080 (OLAF) study, a nationally representative survey on growth and blood pressure references for children and adolescents aged 7–18 years. Body height, weight, and waist circumference (WC) were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Anthropometric parameters were standardized for age and gender and expressed as z-scores. Statistical analyses were conducted on 10,950 children and adolescents whose parents provided socioeconomic questionnaires. The associations between anthropometric parameters, overweight (including obesity), and SES were analyzed using multiple regression and multiple logistic regression. The height was positively associated with higher levels of maternal education and, in the case of girls, also with paternal education. Higher level of income per capita, but not the highest, was associated with higher weight, BMI, and WC and, in the case of boys, also tall stature. The height, weight, BMI, and waist were significantly inversely associated with number of children in the family. Lower number of children in the family and higher level of income, but not the highest, increased odds of overweight and obesity. In the case of girls, the odds of obesity decreased with paternal higher level of education. Conclusion: The social position associated with parents’ education, better environment, and SES correlate with body height and weight of a child. However, it is associated with higher risk of overweight and abdominal obesity.

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Frequency of under- and overweight among children and adolescents during the economic transition in Poland

Cited by 26 publications

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The relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and thinness among Polish school-aged children and adolescents

The relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and thinness among Polish school-aged children and adolescents

Association of FTO gene with obesity in Polish schoolchildren

The relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and basic anthropometric parameters of school-aged children and adolescents in Poland

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