Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa

Volume: 29 Number: 3 September 1, 2003
  • Nalan Akış
  • Kayıhan Pala
  • Emel İrgil
  • Neriman Aydın
  • Hürol Aksu
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Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa

Abstract

This study carried out done between April 17, 2000 and January 30, 2002 among 5795 schoolchildren aged 6-14 at six elementary schools in Orhangazi- Bursa. In this study, it was aimed to measure the heights and weights of the children, to calculate the Body Mass Indexes (BMI) and to determine the prevalence of the overweight and obesity among these age groups. The values of BMI was evaluated according to the tables and graphics which was published in 2000 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The students whose BMIs were between 85- 94 percentils were accepted as overweight and ≥ 95 percentils were accepted as obese. In the study, the prevalence of overweight among girls were 9.1 %, among boys were 8.4 % and the prevalence of obesity among girls were 1.5 %, among boys were 1.8 %. When the gender was evaluated by the obesity and overweight, it was found that the difference was not statistically significant (χ2= 0.79 p>0.05; χ2= 0.94 p>0.05). In our study, it is found out that the prevalence of overweight among girls increases statistically significantly as age groups increases and the prevalence of obesity among boys decreases statistically significantly as age groups increases (χ2 for linear trend= 13.60 p= 0.0002; χ2 for linear trend = 15.15 p= 0.0001). The prevalence of overweight was higher among 6- 14 year old schoolchildren in Orhangazi and it was thought that obesity could be a health problem among this age group in the future. It will be suitable that the future studies should be conducted to determine the risk factors for overweight and obesity.

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Nalan Akış This is me

Kayıhan Pala This is me

Emel İrgil This is me

Neriman Aydın This is me

Hürol Aksu This is me

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September 1, 2003

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September 1, 2003

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Year 2003 Volume: 29 Number: 3

APA
Akış, N., Pala, K., İrgil, E., Aydın, N., & Aksu, H. (2003). Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 29(3), 17-20. https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF
AMA
1.Akış N, Pala K, İrgil E, Aydın N, Aksu H. Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2003;29(3):17-20. https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF
Chicago
Akış, Nalan, Kayıhan Pala, Emel İrgil, Neriman Aydın, and Hürol Aksu. 2003. “Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 29 (3): 17-20. https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF.
EndNote
Akış N, Pala K, İrgil E, Aydın N, Aksu H (September 1, 2003) Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 29 3 17–20.
IEEE
[1]N. Akış, K. Pala, E. İrgil, N. Aydın, and H. Aksu, “Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 17–20, Sept. 2003, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF
ISNAD
Akış, Nalan - Pala, Kayıhan - İrgil, Emel - Aydın, Neriman - Aksu, Hürol. “Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 29/3 (September 1, 2003): 17-20. https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF.
JAMA
1.Akış N, Pala K, İrgil E, Aydın N, Aksu H. Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2003;29:17–20.
MLA
Akış, Nalan, et al. “Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 29, no. 3, Sept. 2003, pp. 17-20, https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF.
Vancouver
1.Nalan Akış, Kayıhan Pala, Emel İrgil, Neriman Aydın, Hürol Aksu. Overweight And Obesity Among 6- 14 Year- Aged Schoolchildren At Six Elementary Schools in Orhangazi- Bursa. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2003 Sep. 1;29(3):17-20. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62NJ39FF

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