Ram E, Marcus O, Joubran S, Abdo B, Asal N R
Division of General Surgery, Rabin Medical Center- Campus Golda, the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Pediatr Obes. 2013 Dec;8(6):428-38. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00128.x. Epub 2013 Mar 19.
Lack of published data. Absence of Ethnic specific data. Lack of focus on obesity prevention in Arab schools.
First set of data on obesity for Arab children. Data will be used as reference data. Alert health/school official for intervention.
Objective The objective is to produce the first set of obesity prevalence data and use the data as reference values of body mass index (BMI) trends for Arab children in Israel and compare with Jewish and international data. Methods A prevalence study was carried out in 2009 in which 4130 children aged 6-12, were selected from eight Arab sector schools representing the Nazareth Municipality. Height, weight and BMI measurements were obtained and presented by age, mean age, size, weight, gender and percentile. Appropriate epidemiological and statistical methods used for comparison. Results The obesity and overweight prevalence rates in Arab children by age ranges from 0% to 2.6% and 0% to 11.2%, respectively. Comparison with international and Jewish data revealed differences in almost all age groups but higher rates in Arabs, especially boys. Discussion The higher rates/trends in Arab children may be explained by more Arab women entering the workforce, increase in single-parent families and changes in food and physical activity environments. Conclusion Based on our data, we recommend either an ethnic-specific BMI reference curves and/or inclusion of Arab data in the Israeli data system. Research need to focus on reasons for the increase and interventions to reverse/slow the trend.
缺乏已发表的数据。缺乏特定种族的数据。阿拉伯学校对肥胖预防缺乏关注。
第一组关于阿拉伯儿童肥胖的数据。这些数据将用作参考数据。提醒卫生/学校官员进行干预。
目的是生成第一组肥胖患病率数据，并将这些数据用作以色列阿拉伯儿童体重指数（BMI）趋势的参考值，并与犹太人和国际数据进行比较。方法于2009年开展了一项患病率研究，从代表拿撒勒市的八所阿拉伯地区学校选取了4130名6至12岁的儿童。获取身高、体重和BMI测量值，并按年龄、平均年龄、体型、体重、性别和百分位数呈现。使用适当的流行病学和统计方法进行比较。结果阿拉伯儿童各年龄段的肥胖和超重患病率分别为0%至2.6%和0%至11.2%。与国际和犹太数据的比较显示，几乎所有年龄组都存在差异，但阿拉伯人的患病率更高，尤其是男孩。讨论阿拉伯儿童较高的患病率/趋势可能是由于更多阿拉伯女性进入劳动力市场、单亲家庭增加以及饮食和身体活动环境的变化。结论基于我们的数据，我们建议要么制定特定种族的BMI参考曲线，和/或将阿拉伯数据纳入以色列数据系统。研究需要关注患病率增加的原因以及扭转/减缓这一趋势的干预措施。
