PMID- 17763009
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070918
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1747-7166 (Print)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children and associated 
      socio-demographic factors in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
PG  - 40-50
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the magnitude of overweight and obesity and its 
      relationship with socio-demographic factors among preschool children in urban 
      areas of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. METHODS: This is the baseline 
      measurement from a one-year follow-up study on obesity in children attending 
      kindergartens in HCMC with a sample of 670 children. Socio-demographic 
      information was collected using an interview-administered, pre-coded 
      questionnaire. Weight and height were measured. Body mass index (BMI: kg/m(2)) 
      was calculated and overweight/obesity was defined using age- and sex-specific BMI 
      cut-off points proposed by the International Obesity Task Force. RESULTS: The 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity was 20.5% (95% CI: 17.5, 24.3) and 16.3% 
      (95% CI: 13.2, 20.4), respectively. The level of overweight/obesity was similar 
      in both less wealthy and wealthy urban areas: 35.9% (95% CI: 29.4, 42.9) and 
      38.9% (95% CI: 32.3, 45.0), respectively. A multivariate model showed that 
      gender, parental overweight, paternal education, high birth weight, duration of 
      breast-feeding and sleep hours at night were all significantly associated with 
      overweight/obesity (p < 0.05). The prevalence ratio of overweight/obesity and 
      obesity in children where both parents were overweight were 1.87 (95% CI: 1.37, 
      2.54) and 2.59 (95% CI: 1.46, 4.61) times, respectively, higher than for children 
      whose parents were of normal weight. The prevalence ratio of being obese 
      significantly decreased by 5% (PR: 0.95; 95% CI: 0.93, 0.98) for each additional 
      month of breast-feeding. CONCLUSIONS: Overweight and obesity is a public health 
      problem in preschool children and apparently becoming widespread in urban areas 
      of HCMC. Overweight and obesity in children were strongly associated with 
      parental overweight status, but longer duration of breast-feeding and longer 
      sleep duration at night appear to protect against overweight and obesity in young 
      children.
FAU - Dieu, Huynh Thi Thu
AU  - Dieu HT
AD  - Nutrition Centre of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 
      thudieuhuynh@yahoo.com
FAU - Dibley, Michael J
AU  - Dibley MJ
FAU - Sibbritt, David
AU  - Sibbritt D
FAU - Hanh, Tran Thi Minh
AU  - Hanh TT
LA  - eng
GR  - 073153/Z/03/Z/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Pediatr Obes
JT  - International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the 
      International Association for the Study of Obesity
JID - 101256330
SB  - IM
MH  - Asian People/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Breast Feeding
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Demography
MH  - Family Health
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*ethnology/prevention & control
MH  - *Overweight
MH  - Parents
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sleep
MH  - *Social Class
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
EDAT- 2007/09/01 09:00
MHDA- 2007/09/19 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/01 09:00
PHST- 2007/09/01 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/09/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/01 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 771173698 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/17477160601103922 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2007;2(1):40-50. doi: 10.1080/17477160601103922.