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Macronutrient intake, physical activity, serum lipids and increased body weight in primary schoolchildren in Istanbul
- Source :
- Pediatrics International. 47:159-166
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2005.
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Abstract
- Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to record the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in primary school children living in Istanbul and to examine the relationship between increased body weight and certain cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Methods: A total of 510 randomly selected children aged 12 and 13 years of age (257 boys, 253 girls) were examined. Information regarding anthropometrical indices, energy and macronutrient intake, physical activity, physical fitness and lipid profile were collected. Classification of children in overweight and obese subgroups was based on the cut-off points proposed by Cole et al.1 Results: The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity was found to be 15.3%, 10.6% and 1.6%, respectively. Both overweight boys and girls were found to have lower physical fitness compared to their normal-weight counterparts, but no difference was observed for energy and macronutrient intake. Overweight boys were found to have higher total cholesterol (P < 0.001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P < 0.01), triglycerides (P < 0.01) and total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio (P < 0.05) compared to their normal-weight counterparts, while overweight girls were found to have lower HDL-C (P
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Turkey
Population
Physical fitness
Blood lipids
Overweight
Body weight
Thinness
Internal medicine
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Child
education
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Cholesterol, HDL
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Cholesterol, LDL
medicine.disease
Cholesterol
Cross-Sectional Studies
Endocrinology
Physical Fitness
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
medicine.symptom
Underweight
Energy Intake
business
Lipid profile
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1442200X and 13288067
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43cb7ac8e1a4aa68252462994199c97c