Blouza-Chabchoub Samira, Rached-Amrouche Chiraz, Jamoussi-Kammoun Henda, Bouchaa Neziha
Service ORL & Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Tunisie.
Tunis Med. 2006 Nov;84(11):714-6.
The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and the risk factors of obesity in Tunisian adolescent.
This prospective study included 1050 adolescents (aged 13 to 17 years) from two high schools according to the socioeconomic status. The aim was to evaluate the prevalence and the main risk factors of obesity in this studied group. The weight and height of every adolescent were measured and the Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated for each of them. Using this criteria and referring to the curves of this Index for the age established by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) we found 49 obese adolescents. We evaluated the spontaneous food intake for each of them during three days. The results showed that the frequency of obesity is 5.1% without significant difference between the two schools. The highest obesity frequency is noticed at age 13 and 14 years in the two sexes. The obesity frequency is significantly more important in males of the high socioeconomic status. Family history of obesity was noticed in 51% of obese adolescents. Most of them (96%) had abnormal alimentary behavior. 52% of them had an excess of caloric intake and 82% an excess of lipid without significant difference between the two schools.
本研究的目的是确定突尼斯青少年肥胖的患病率及其风险因素。
这项前瞻性研究根据社会经济地位纳入了来自两所高中的1050名青少年（年龄在13至17岁之间）。目的是评估该研究组中肥胖的患病率和主要风险因素。测量了每名青少年的体重和身高，并计算了他们每个人的体重指数（BMI）。根据这一标准并参考美国国家健康和营养检查调查（NHANES）制定的该指数年龄曲线，我们发现了49名肥胖青少年。我们评估了他们每个人三天内的自发食物摄入量。结果显示，肥胖发生率为5.1%，两所学校之间无显著差异。在13岁和14岁时，两性的肥胖发生率最高。社会经济地位高的男性肥胖发生率显著更高。51%的肥胖青少年有肥胖家族史。他们中的大多数人（96%）有异常饮食行为。其中52%热量摄入过多，82%脂肪摄入过多，两所学校之间无显著差异。
