Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Alcorcón, 28925 Madrid, Spain.
Nutrients. 2020 Sep 2;12(9):2680. doi: 10.3390/nu12092680.
Overweight and obesity amongst childhood are currently global health issues. However, this is the best stage of life to prevent diseases and to promote healthy habits. In our study, we evaluate the effectiveness of the THAO Salud Infantil, a community-based intervention program, by means of a cross-sectional study carried out from 2009 to 2019 surveying children aged 3 to 12 years old ( = 27,686). During the study timeframe, overweight and obesity prevalence, according to both the International Obesity Task Force and Orbegozo Foundation criteria, showed a downward trend. Differences in the anthropometric variables were observed from the beginning to the end of the study, mainly in girls. Analysis of the influence of the socioeconomic status revealed that children from families with lower incomes are in greater risk of suffering from overweight and obesity and showed lower effectiveness of the actions proposed by the program. The overall results of the study confirmed the effectiveness of community-based interventions in terms of childhood overweight/obesity prevention.
超重和肥胖是目前全球范围内的儿童健康问题。然而，这是预防疾病和促进健康习惯的最佳人生阶段。在我们的研究中，我们通过一项横断面研究评估了基于社区的干预计划 THAO Salud Infantil 的效果，该研究于 2009 年至 2019 年期间对 3 至 12 岁的儿童（=27686）进行了调查。在研究期间，根据国际肥胖工作组和 Orbegozo 基金会的标准，超重和肥胖的患病率呈下降趋势。从研究开始到结束，观察到了在人体测量变量方面的差异，主要是在女孩中。对社会经济地位的影响分析表明，收入较低家庭的儿童更容易超重和肥胖，且该计划提出的措施效果较差。研究的总体结果证实了基于社区的干预措施在预防儿童超重/肥胖方面的有效性。
