Prevalence of obesity and overweight among a sample of schoolchildren

Messaouda, Benhamza; Malika, Bendahmane-salmi

نتائج الفكر
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 328-336
2017-06-30

Prevalence Of Obesity And Overweight Among A Sample Of Schoolchildren

Authors : Messaouda Benhamza . Malika Bendahmane-salmi .

Abstract

Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Algerian children age 6–10 years old, by analyzing the values of body mass index (BMI Kg/m2). The data were collected during the 2012-2013 school year in a random sample of schoolchildren in the province of Saïda. The results show that BMI reaches in the overall sample (18, 16 kg / m²). The boys have an average value of (17, 97 kg / m²) and girls (17, 10 kg / m²). At 6 years, the prevalence of obesity is very significantly high (P <0.01) than the overweight (2.80% against 0.93%). while at 10 years, the prevalence of overweight is highly significant (P <0.001) than the obesity (6.54% against 2.80%). Analysis of the prevalence in relation to sex shows that the overall prevalence of obesity and overweight with both sexes in all children is (30.84 %) for obesity and (18.69%) for overweight. Therefore, girls are more obese than boys (20.56% against 10.28%), and boys are more overweight than girls (10.28% against 8.41%).t الملخص بالعربية: لهدف من هذه الدراسة هو تقييم مدى انتشار زيادة الوزن والسمنة عند الأطفال الدزائريين الذين تتراوح أعمارهم بين 06 حتى 10 من خلال تحليل قيم مؤشر الجسم كلغ/متر مربع، حيث تم جمع البيانات خلال العام الدراسي 2012/2013 عند عينة عشوائية من تلاميذ متمدرسين بولاية سعدة، وأظهرت النتائج أن مؤشر كتلة الجسم تصل في مجمل العينة إلى 16.18 كلغ/متر مربع. الأولاد لديهم متوسط كتلة الجسمقيمته 97.17 كلغ /متر مربع. أما افتيات فلديهن متوسط قيمته 10.17 كلغ / متر مربع.