Department of Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, 71450, Turkey.
Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autovia A23 km 299, 50830, Saragossa, Villanueva de Gállego, Spain.
BMC Pediatr. 2022 Jul 11;22(1):405. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03473-1.
The purpose of this study was to determine the eating behaviors, obesity and physical activity status of children of similar ages living in rural and urban areas and to examine these relationships during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic process.
The research was conducted using the scanning model. The research group consists of children living in rural and urban areas in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of a total of 733 adolescent participants, 351 females (47.9%) and 382 males (52.1%). After anthropometric measurements were made, the Physical Activity Questionnaire for older children and the Yale Food Addiction Scale for children 2.0 were used to determine the food addiction and physical activity status of children during the COVID19 pandemic process. Since the groups were homogeneously distributed, independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation test were used.
In terms of food addiction and physical activity levels, children living in the urban have higher scores than children living in rural areas. In addition, children living in the urban were taller and have higher body mass values than those in rural areas. In terms of physical activity level and food addiction levels, while girls living in the urban had higher activity levels than those living in rural areas, no statistically significant difference was found between the physical activity levels of boys. When evaluated in terms of general and gender, it was determined that children living in rural areas were overweight and obese at a higher rate. Obese children had higher levels of food addiction and lower physical activity levels than non-obese children.
In order to prevent childhood obesity, the level of food addiction should be reduced as well as increasing the level of physical activity. This study is limited in terms of cross-sectional evaluation. Future research can experimentally reveal how much obesity is reduced by methods such as exercise and diet interventions.
本研究旨在确定生活在农村和城市地区的同龄儿童的饮食行为、肥胖和身体活动状况，并在冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间检查这些关系。
研究采用扫描模式进行。研究组由土耳其农村和城市地区的儿童组成。研究样本由共 733 名青少年参与者组成，其中女性 351 名（47.9%），男性 382 名（52.1%）。在进行人体测量后，使用《儿童体力活动问卷》和《耶鲁儿童食物成瘾量表 2.0》来确定 COVID-19 大流行期间儿童的食物成瘾和身体活动状况。由于组间均匀分布，采用独立样本 t 检验和 Pearson 相关检验。
就食物成瘾和身体活动水平而言，城市儿童的得分高于农村儿童。此外，城市儿童比农村儿童更高，体重值更高。在身体活动水平和食物成瘾水平方面，城市地区的女孩比农村地区的女孩活动水平更高，但男孩的身体活动水平没有统计学上的显著差异。从总体和性别角度评估，农村地区的儿童超重和肥胖的比例更高。肥胖儿童的食物成瘾水平更高，身体活动水平更低。
为了预防儿童肥胖，应该降低食物成瘾水平，同时增加身体活动水平。本研究在横断面评估方面存在局限性。未来的研究可以通过运动和饮食干预等方法来揭示减肥的效果。
