The High Burden of Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Urban Indian Schoolchildren: A Multicentric Study of 38,296 Children

Misra, Anoop; Shah, Priyali; Goel, Kashish; Hazra, D. K.; Gupta, Rajeev; Seth, Payal; Tallikoti, Pooja; Mohan, Indu; Bhargava, Rooma; Bajaj, Sarita; Madan, Jagmeet; Gulati, Seema; Bhardwaj, Swati; Sharma, Rekha; Gupta, Nidhi; Pandey, Ravindra Mohan

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“…Studies suggest that the desire to lose weight begins in girls around age six years, a period in which children acquire cultural perceptions of physical attractiveness similar to those of adults 32,33 . However, a population-based study with 29,244 Asian Indian children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years found that central obesity was significantly associated with females 12 .…”

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“…Other factors seem to be associated with central obesity in the study age group, but they have not been contemplated by the present study, such as time spent watching television, parent's socioeconomic level, child's skin color, and place of residence (urban/rural) [10][11][12]40 . These and other factors should be investigated to better understand central obesity in this population given that the complexity of its etiology includes biological, genetic, and environmental factors.…”

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“…The prevalence of central obesity is increasing, and studies have suggested that sociodemographic and behavioral factors are involved in its genesis, such as more time spent watching television, inappropriate eating habits, lower parental education level, being female, being young (child), and attending a private school [10][11][12][13] . It is important to identify these factors to create more effective interventions to prevent and treat this disease 14 .…”

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Prevalence and factors associated with central obesity in schoolchildren in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Feltrin¹,

Vasconcelos²,

Costa³

et al. 2015

Rev. Nutr.

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A B S T R A C T ObjectiveThe aims of this article are to estimate the prevalence and to identify the sociodemographic factors and food consumption associated with central obesity in schoolchildren 6-10 years old of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. MethodsIt consists in a cross-sectional population-based study involving 4,963 schoolchildren enrolled in the public and private sectors. The dependent variable is central obesity investigated by measuring waist circumference and classified according to percentiles/gender/age. Bivariate and multivariate analyzes were also performed. ResultsThe prevalence of central obesity was 4,9% (CI95%=4,3;5,5), being more prevalent in boys with statistical significance (p=0,003). The other variables investigated (age the schoolchildren, type of school, maternal education, protective and risk food consumption, number of daily meals) were not associated with outcome. Among the schoolchildren who had central obesity (n=243), 99.3% of the boys and 99.0% of the girls also showed overweight/obesity. ConclusionThe prevalence of central obesity was lower than that reported in national and international studies. In this scenario, the gender (male) variable was strongly associated with the outcome. The identified prevalence is a major concern in nutrition and medical science as the central obesity may remain in adulthood and show

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Prevalence and factors associated with central obesity in schoolchildren in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Feltrin¹,

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Costa³

et al. 2015

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“…3 Obesity among children from private schools in metropolitan cities were found between 20% and 29% respectively. 4 In children, the development of obesity is associated with the simultaneous deterioration in chronic diseases risk profiles. 5,6 In the recent National Family Health Survey 4 (2015-16) no study on the nutritional status of adolescent children was conducted and findings in this regard at national level would have been helpful in view of adoption of continuum of care approach in RMNCH+A.…”

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Overweight and obesity and lifestyle of urban adolescent school children of eastern state of India

Panda

2017

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: There is reduction of childhood under nutrition and at the same time a gradual increase in childhood obesity especially urban area is seen due to rapid urbanization, economic and food transition and changes in lifestyle. On this backdrop present study is taken up to find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescent school children of urban Sambalpur and its association with lifestyle behavior. Methods: A comparative, cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2016 to April 2017 among 600 children of class VI to X of two government and two private schools. Thirty students were chosen in each class using systematic sampling method. Pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire was used to elicit the information on demographic variables and lifestyle behavior's. The risk factors were assessed by using the Chi-square test. For all the statistical tests, a p-value of<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Prevalence of overweight and obesity were 8.9% and 3.4% respectively. Obesity was found more among girls (3.8%) and more children from private school were obese. Association of fast food, physical inactivity with obesity was significant. Conclusions: Overall combined prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity was 12.3 per cent. Percentage of overweight and obese children studying in private schools was more as compared to government school children. School health program should incorporate health education of teachers, students, parents and a convergence of education and health sector can reduce the modifiable lifestyle behavior's.

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“…2 In 2011 study conducted in many schools about the prevalence of overweight and obesity among 8-18 years old students, respectively, was 14.4% and 2.8% by International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cutoffs, 14.5% and 4.8% by Center for Disease Control (CDC) cutoffs, and 18.5% and 5.3% by World Health Organization (WHO) cutoffs. 3 Various processes participate in weight regulation are multi factorial and include hereditary, neuro-hormonal, psychological, metabolic, Socio-Cultural and environmental. Once obesity is there, the primary prevention is of great importance with various strategies to modify phenotypical and life style changes.…”

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A comparative study of associated risk factors of overweight in normal and overweight children of 12-16 years of age

Patil¹,

Rana²

2018

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: In 21st century childhood obesity has become one of the most serious public health problem. This now a global problem and affecting all the countries of the world. Overweight and obesity in children and adolescent is defined by American medical association as BMI between 85-95 centile and BMI >95th centile respectively for children aged 2-16 years. Risk factors for overweight and obesity in children are different for different regions, places, cultures and food habits of different people and society. New factors are coming up due to economic prosperity and change in lifestyle of the young population. Habit formation occurs mainly during childhood and adolescence so primary intervention targeting this age group has high possibility of yielding good results.Methods: A comparative study of associated risk factors of overweight and obesity was conducted in D. Y. Patil Medical College in Children’s age 12-16 years. The independent variable (parameters) for the study were age, gender, type of family, paternal education, maternal education, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, socio-economic status, at least one overweight parent, sleeping time, TV viewing time, type of food, mode of transport to reach school, frequency of eating out and level of physical activity. Children were given questionnaire that was filled by their parents and return back to us.Results: The analysis revealed that at least one overweight parent, mode of transport to reach school and frequency of eating out are associated with obesity while TV viewing duration and level of physical activity are strongly associated with obesity.Conclusions: Childhood obesity is a chronic multifactorial medical condition. Its risk can be significantly reduced by avoiding and preventing some factors.

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The High Burden of Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Urban Indian Schoolchildren: A Multicentric Study of 38,296 Children

Cited by 85 publications

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Prevalence and factors associated with central obesity in schoolchildren in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Prevalence and factors associated with central obesity in schoolchildren in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Overweight and obesity and lifestyle of urban adolescent school children of eastern state of India

A comparative study of associated risk factors of overweight in normal and overweight children of 12-16 years of age

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