The obesity prevalence among students between the ages of 5 and 19 in Kütahya

Abstract

A new, simple, and rapid cloud point extraction (CPE) procedure system, combined with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), was developed for selective separation, preconcentration, and determination of trace amounts of total iron in some environmental samples. The complexing agent, N,N -(2,2 -(ethane-1,2-diylbis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(2-chloroacetamide) (EDBOCA), is selective at pH 5.0 for only Fe(II) and Fe(III) ions in the presence of Cu(II), Pb(II), Cd(II), Mn(II), Co(II), Cr(III), Cr(VI), Ni(II), Zn(II), Al(III), Mo(VI), Pd(II), Pt(IV), Au(III), and V(V) ions. The procedure is based on the complexation of Fe(III) ions with EDBOCA reagent in the presence of Triton X-114 (TX-114) as a non-ionic surfactant.The optimum conditions for the CPE of Fe(III) ions were investigated with respect to several experimental parameters such as pH of the solution, TX-114 and EDBOCA concentrations, incubation time and temperature, and centrifugation rate and time. The detection limit for Fe(III) ions based on the 3 times the standard deviation of the blanks ( N :10) was found to be 1.22 μ g L −1 , while the relative standard deviation (RSD) was 4.2%. Environment Canada TM-25.3 and CRM-SA-C Sandy Soil C, as certified reference materials, were used, and spike tests were applied to validate the method. The method was applied to some real environmental samples to evaluate their total iron levels.

Assessment of quality of life in Turkish children with psoriasis and their caregivers

“…Twenty‐seven percent of patients were categorized as overweight or obese, which is similar to that reported in another Turkish study focusing on pediatric psoriasis (28%) . These figures are higher than the overweight and obese percentages in population‐based studies from Turkey (12%‐16%) . More patients who did not describe regular physical activity had a PASI score of 10 or greater.…”

“…31 These figures are higher than the overweight and obese percentages in population-based studies from Turkey (12%-16%). [38][39][40] More patients who did not describe regular physical activity had a PASI score of 10 or greater. This may be because children with a PASI score of 10 or greater were more likely to abstain from engaging in physical activity with their peers because of distress stemming from the visible nature of psoriatic lesions.…”

Risk factors, complications and outcome of cholelithiasis in children: A retrospective, single‐centre review

“…According to previous studies, the rate of cholelithiasis among obese adolescents is 2–6.4% . Obesity prevalence ranges from 3.7% to 4.5% in Turkish school children . In our study, obesity and overweight together was the second most common risk factor.…”

The prevalence of abdominal obesity is remarkable for underweightand normal weight adolescent girls*

“…Several local studies were performed in order to determine obesity prevalence in child and adolescent groups in Turkey (21)(22)(23)(24). Studies conducted in different regions showed that the prevalence of overweight ranged between 8.8% and 12.7% and prevalence of obesity ranged between 1.2% and 6.5% for adolescent girls (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). Recent nationwide study results showed that overweight and obesity prevalence was 12.8% and 8.5% in Turkish adolescent girls aged between 12 and 14 years and between Although the prevalence of obesity (2%) in the present study is low compared to the National Study (4), it has shown compatibility with the results of local studies (21)(22)(23)(24).…”