Obesity in Preschoolers in a Region in Western Turkey and Related Factors

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 247 - 252, 31.12.2019

Celalettin Cevik Sibel Ergün Ayse Karadas Turkan Calıskan Nuriye Karadag

https://doi.org/10.34087/cbusbed.590832

Abstract

Amaç:  Obezite
ve fazla kilolu olma giderek artan önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Bu
çalışmanın amacı okul öncesi çocuklarda fazla kilolu / obez olma sıklığı ve
ilişkili faktörlerin saptanmasıdır.

Gereç ve
Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma Balıkesir ilinde
Ekim 2015- Ocak 2016 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada 1061 okul
öncesi çocuğa çok aşamalı örnekleme yöntemiyle ulaşılmıştır. Veri yüz yüze,
sossyodemografik özelikler formu ve antropometrik ölçümler yapılarak
toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizisnde, sayı, yüzde, ki kare testi, bivariate ve
multivariate regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular:
Katılımcıların %4.9’u fazla kilolu %11.2’si
obezdir.  Obezite/fazla kilolu olma
durumu   erkek çocuklarda (1.34 [%95 GA**: 1.02-1.80]),apartmanda
yaşayanlarda (1.78 [%95 GA: 1.54-4.82]), ailesinde obezite öyküsü olanlarda (
3.02 [% 95 GA: 1.62-5.66]), öğün atlayanlarda (1.56 [% 95 GA: 1.05,2.36]),  yemek yerken başka şeylerle ilgilenenlerde
(1.68 [% 95 GA: 1.27-2.22])  ve annesi
üniversite mezunu olanlarda (1.94 [% 95 GA: 1.04-3.64]) yüksektir (p
<0.05). 

Sonuç: Obezite/fazla kilolu olma sıklığı yüksek bulunmuştur.
Sedanter yaşam tarzı ve kötü beslenme düzeyi arttıkça obezite artmaktadır.

Keywords

Obesity, preschool period, risk factors, sedentary life

Supporting Institution

Balıkesir Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırmalar Birimi

Project Number

BAP.2015.0001

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