Yuca Sevil Arı, Yılmaz Cahide, Cesur Yaşar, Doğan Murat, Kaya Avni, Başaranoğlu Murat
Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology, Van, Turkey.
J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2010;2(4):159-63. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.v2i4.159. Epub 2010 Nov 5.
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children in Eastern Turkey.
This study included 9048 school children aged 6-18 years. The subjects were classified as overweight and obese, according to the International Obesity Task Force.
We found prevalence of overweight of 11.1% in the studied population. It was detected that 2.2% of the population in the study was obese; 2.1% of males and 2.3% of females. While the prevalence of obesity was extremely low before 9 ages and after 15, it reached to high values at puberty and just before pubertal period in boys. The prevalence of overweight was higher in girls and reached to peak point at pubertal ages. Generally, the prevalence of obesity and overweight was slightly higher in girls than in boys, although the boys were more obese in prepubertal ages.
Overweight and obesity are concerns for children and adolescents in low socio-economic status regions as well.
本研究旨在估算土耳其东部学龄儿童超重和肥胖的患病率。
本研究纳入了9048名6至18岁的学龄儿童。根据国际肥胖特别工作组的标准，将研究对象分为超重和肥胖两类。
我们发现研究人群中超重患病率为11.1%。研究发现该人群中2.2%为肥胖；男性为2.1%，女性为2.3%。9岁前和15岁后肥胖患病率极低，而在青春期及男孩青春期前患病率达到较高水平。超重患病率在女孩中更高，在青春期年龄达到峰值。总体而言，肥胖和超重患病率女孩略高于男孩，尽管在青春期前男孩更肥胖。
超重和肥胖也是社会经济地位较低地区儿童和青少年所面临的问题。
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