Ways Of Life In Students With Overweight And Obesity In A Primary School Of Mexico City.
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Introduction: Nutrition is a health, productivity, and physical- mental performance factor, which has a particularly important impact on children. According to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), Mexico has a combined overweight-obesity prevalence of 26% among children between 5 and 11 years old.
Objectives: Identify life styles of school-age children with overweight or obesity problems in a primary school of the Federal District.
Methodology: This was a basic, descriptive, correlational study which included all the 6-11-year-old children in a primary school (503 students). Weight, height, and mass indexes were taken. Life styles (nutrition, physical activity, and recreation) were determined through an instrument made by Ponce, Sotomayor, Bernal, and Salazar (2007).
Results: 14% (71 children) showed an overweight-obesity problem, 60% do not consume home-made food at school, 99% have physical activity only at school, and 34% watch TV from 3 to 6 hours daily. The overweight-obese male/female ratio was 1.5, and an association was found between overweight-obesity problems and a sedentary life style found (p <= 001).
Discussion: Results were similar to those found at the national and international literature (8.9). As demonstrated by Veugelers and Fitzgerald, prolonged fasting is an important obesity-conditioning factor.
Conclusión: This kind of study can help design education intervention strategies to modify children’s life styles and prevent and control their overweight and obesity.
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