Overweight and obesity prevalence among upper Egypt primary schools' children using Egyptian and CDC growth charts

El-aty, Naglaa Saad Abd; Osman, Safaa R.; Ahmed, Eman A.; Gadallah, Marzoka Abd El-Aziz

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2020.151346

Cited by 9 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 8 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Kuwait, for instance, has undergone a rapid economic and social transition that significantly affected the population’s lifestyle, as indicated by the rising rates of overweight people, obesity, underweight people, and stunting [ 10 ]. In Egypt, studies show increasing overweight and obesity rates among children, due to sedentary lifestyles [ 11 ]. An increasing rate of obesity and a high prevalence of diabetes and metabolic syndrome have also been reported in the UAE, which can be attributed to the influx of western culture, due to significant economic and cultural development in the last few decades [ 12 , 13 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE: A Review Study

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This review study aimed to assess the nutrition situation in the UAE using published data from 2010 to 2022. It highlights the gaps and challenges that prevail in addressing the nutrition-related problems in the UAE and the opportunities that have been overlooked. The available literature indicates that the UAE is burdened with more than one form of nutrition-related problems, including being underweight, being overweight, obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and nutrition-related chronic diseases. It is clear that data on micronutrient deficiencies, protein-energy malnutrition, obesity, diabetes, and other nutrition-related diseases among the UAE population are extremely scarce. The UAE has a high prevalence of obesity and diabetes; however, limited studies have been conducted to document this nutritional phenomenon. Few examples of published data are available assessing the burden of stunting, wasting, and being underweight among children under five years of age. Despite the importance of protein-energy malnutrition, no recent publications analyze its prevalence within the UAE population. Therefore, future studies must be conducted, focusing on malnutrition. Based on the literature, and bearing in mind the magnitude of the health issues due to the UAE population’s nutrition negligence, there is an urgent need to assess the population’s nutrient behaviors, to aid policy decision-makers in developing and implementing effective health policies and strategies.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE: A Review Study

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Rather, participants' BMI was compared to a growth chart provided by the CDC based on the participants' biological sex and age. Previous studies used a similar approach in classifying obesity levels among children [12,13,14,15]. Four trauma outcomes were included in the analysis, length of stay in hospital (LOS), total days in ICU, intensity severity scores (ISS), and mortality outcomes.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Childhood Obesity on Traumatic Injury Outcomes

Lewis,

Leung,

Olsen

et al. 2024

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction Globally, traumatic injury and obesity are significantly linked to pediatric health. The relationship between traumatic injury outcomes and childhood obesity remains poorly understood. This study assesses the potential correlation between childhood obesity and patient outcomes following trauma injuries, with a particular focus on elucidating the intricate interplay among childhood obesity, trauma injury outcomes, and patterns of healthcare utilization, which will address the gap in literature and lays the groundwork for further investigation into the complex relationship between childhood obesity and traumatic injury outcomes. Methods The current study is a retrospective cohort study analyzing data from St. Jospeh’s Children’s Hospital’s Emergency and Trauma Center in Tampa, Florida, between 2010 to 2021. Participants aged 2 to 18 were included and stratified by obesity categories, normal weight, overweight, and obese, based on their BMI. Associations between obesity categories and trauma outcomes such as Length of Hospital Stay (LOS), days in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and mortality were examined. Results Among 1965 participants, 48.85% of participants were of normal weight, 19.49% were overweight, and 31.65% were obese. No significant differences in the included trauma outcomes across obesity classifications were found among analyses. Linear regressions showed no association between trauma outcomes and obesity (P>.05). Mortality outcomes were not analyzed due to insufficient data on deceased participants (P>.05). Conclusion Childhood obesity did not independently predict adverse trauma outcomes in this study. The findings challenge previous assumptions and emphasize the multifactorial nature of trauma outcomes in pediatric patients. Further research with larger sample sizes and comprehensive data collection is needed to fully understand this relationship. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level V, Retrospective cohort study

show abstract

“…Numerous interconnected factors, including diets, inactivity, sociodemographic traits of the family, environmental factors, and hereditary factors, contribute to obesity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults and about 400 million children and adolescents were overweight or obese, affecting more than one-third of the world's population, and that number of obese newborns and children is expected to reach to 70 million by 2025 1 . Obesity is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory disorders, and cancer 2 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal and paternal obesity differentially reprogram the ovarian mitochondrial biogenesis of F1 female rats

Ramadan,

Abdel-Rehim,

El-Tahan

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Obesity has harmful consequences on reproductive outcomes and the rapid increase in obesity is assumed to be influenced by epigenetics and trans-generation effects. Our study aimed to explore the effect of maternal and/or paternal obesity on the ovarian tissues of the first-generation female offspring in rats. The study was conducted on 40 adult Wistar albino rats (20 males and 20 females). Obesity was induced by feeding them an obesogenic diet for 3 months. The pregnancy was induced in the females by mating with males in four combinations: healthy mother with healthy father (control parents, CP), healthy mother with obese fathers (OF), obese mothers with healthy father (OM), and obese mother with obese father (obese parents, OP). After delivery, the female offspring at two months were sacrificed, and the blood and ovarian tissues were collected to assess the studied parameters. Our result showed differential impacts of maternal and paternal obesity on the ovarian health of the female offspring. The female offspring of obese OM or OP showed early signs of obesity. These metabolic abnormalities were associated with signs of ovarian lesions, impaired folliculogenesis, and decreased oocyte quality and also showed significant alterations in mitochondrial biogenesis, redox status, inflammation, and microRNAs expression (miR-149 and miR-494). In conclusion, altered ovarian expression of microRNAs and associated impaired mitochondrial biogenesis pathways may be the root causes for the observed intergeneration transmission of the obesogenic phenotype.

show abstract

Overweight and obesity prevalence among upper Egypt primary schools' children using Egyptian and CDC growth charts

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE: A Review Study

Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE: A Review Study

The Impact of Childhood Obesity on Traumatic Injury Outcomes

Maternal and paternal obesity differentially reprogram the ovarian mitochondrial biogenesis of F1 female rats

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About