Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten
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Resumo: | Introduction: Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide concern. Physical activity and food patterns are main factors associated with overweight at preschool age. Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos is a kindergarten where food habits have been supervised by a nutritionist and where physical activity is freely offered to all children aged 2 to 6 years old. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 6 years old. Methodology: A sample of 129 children from Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos (3.7±1.2 years old) was studied. Anthropometric measurements were performed in children and parents. A questionnaire for sample characterization was answered by parents. Overweight and obesity were defined using World Health Organization criteria. Results: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in children was 11.7% (7.8% of overweight; 3.9% of obesity). Overweight and obesity prevalence in parents was 57.8% (40.5% of overweight; 17.3% of obesity). Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in parents seems to follow the general Portuguese population. However, results found in children are below our expectations comparing to similar studies. Further longitudinal studies are needed to clearly demonstrate the benefits of a combined nutritional and physical activity management approach in kindergartens like Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos in the prevention/reduction of overweight and obesity in preschool aged children. |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a KindergartenChildrenFood habitsObesityOverweightPhysical activityPrevalenceIntroduction: Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide concern. Physical activity and food patterns are main factors associated with overweight at preschool age. Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos is a kindergarten where food habits have been supervised by a nutritionist and where physical activity is freely offered to all children aged 2 to 6 years old. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 6 years old. Methodology: A sample of 129 children from Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos (3.7±1.2 years old) was studied. Anthropometric measurements were performed in children and parents. A questionnaire for sample characterization was answered by parents. Overweight and obesity were defined using World Health Organization criteria. Results: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in children was 11.7% (7.8% of overweight; 3.9% of obesity). Overweight and obesity prevalence in parents was 57.8% (40.5% of overweight; 17.3% of obesity). Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in parents seems to follow the general Portuguese population. However, results found in children are below our expectations comparing to similar studies. Further longitudinal studies are needed to clearly demonstrate the benefits of a combined nutritional and physical activity management approach in kindergartens like Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos in the prevention/reduction of overweight and obesity in preschool aged children.Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição2016-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2183-59852016000400002Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição n.7 2016reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2183-59852016000400002Pinto,AlexFigueiredo,HenriqueRamos,Maria JFerreira,JorgeRocha,Júlio Cinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T17:30:57Zoai:scielo:S2183-59852016000400002Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:34:15.931567Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten Pinto,Alex Children Food habits Obesity Overweight Physical activity Prevalence |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2-6 Years Old Children from a Kindergarten |
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Pinto,Alex |
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Pinto,Alex Figueiredo,Henrique Ramos,Maria J Ferreira,Jorge Rocha,Júlio C |
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Figueiredo,Henrique Ramos,Maria J Ferreira,Jorge Rocha,Júlio C |
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Pinto,Alex Figueiredo,Henrique Ramos,Maria J Ferreira,Jorge Rocha,Júlio C |
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Children Food habits Obesity Overweight Physical activity Prevalence |
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Children Food habits Obesity Overweight Physical activity Prevalence |
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Introduction: Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide concern. Physical activity and food patterns are main factors associated with overweight at preschool age. Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos is a kindergarten where food habits have been supervised by a nutritionist and where physical activity is freely offered to all children aged 2 to 6 years old. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 6 years old. Methodology: A sample of 129 children from Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos (3.7±1.2 years old) was studied. Anthropometric measurements were performed in children and parents. A questionnaire for sample characterization was answered by parents. Overweight and obesity were defined using World Health Organization criteria. Results: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in children was 11.7% (7.8% of overweight; 3.9% of obesity). Overweight and obesity prevalence in parents was 57.8% (40.5% of overweight; 17.3% of obesity). Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in parents seems to follow the general Portuguese population. However, results found in children are below our expectations comparing to similar studies. Further longitudinal studies are needed to clearly demonstrate the benefits of a combined nutritional and physical activity management approach in kindergartens like Centro de Apoio Social de Mozelos in the prevention/reduction of overweight and obesity in preschool aged children. |
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