TY  - JOUR
TT  - The prevalence of obesity in chilhood 6-15 years of age in denizli
AU  - Semiz, Serap
AU  - Özdemir, Özmert M.a.
AU  - Özdemir, Ayşegül Sözeri
PY  - 2008
DA  - April
DO  - 10.31362/patd.392518
JF  - Pamukkale Medical Journal
JO  - Pam Tıp Derg
PB  - Pamukkale Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1308-0865
SP  - 1
EP  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - In the last 20 years the increasing frequency of obesity is observed worldwide. It is understood thatobesity among children and adolescents can persist into adulthood. Therefore, these subjects shouldbe diagnosed earlier and should be treated as indicated. For this purpose we planned to investigate theprevalence of obesity in children 6-15 years old in Denizli.Eight hundred and fifty children between 6-15 years of age (389 girls, 461 boys, mean age 10.7±2.3years) in Denizli were enrolled in the study. This study was performed in three different schools whichreflected the best the socioeconomical and cultural status of the city. Children’s heights and weightswere measured. These measures were used to calculate body mass index (BMI) and relative weightpercentage (RW%). BMI was compared with Cole’s obesity and overweight reference levels, whichwere prepared for age and sex. RW% was evaluated as the percentage of child’s weight to appropriateweight for height. The obtained values were defined as overweight for the values between 110-119percentile, as obese for the values >120 percentile.The prevalance of obesity was 1.4% (n=12, 9 M, 3 F) and of overweight was 11.6% (n=99, 51 M, 48 F).Nine (75%) of obese subjects and fiftythree (53.5%) of overweight subjects were in pubertal period.Nine (75%) of obese subjects and fortynine (49.9%) of overweight subjects were at school whichrepresented the group with a higher degree of socioeconomic status.Compared with the other studies performed in our country, the prevalance of obesity was lower in thisstudy. This study was performed in governpublic schools and the major part of the obese children werein school of which the students have families with high socioeconomic status. The high obesity rate inschools with high socioeconomic status suggests that environmental factors are more effective thangenetic factors on the development of obesity in our community. We suggest the necessary measuresshould be taken for this problem which interests the public health.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.392518
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/422215
ER  -