PMID- 23473049
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130429
LR  - 20130311
IS  - 0995-3914 (Print)
IS  - 0995-3914 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 6
DP  - 2012 Nov-Dec
TI  - [Overweight and obesity in children aged 6-11 years: prevalence and associated 
      factors in Oran].
PG  - 561-71
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Childhood obesity is a major public health problem throughout the 
      world. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors 
      of overweight and obesity in school-attending children aged 6-11 years in Oran 
      during the 2010-2011 school year. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 2,252 children (1,104 
      girls and 1,148 boys) aged 6-11 years from nine primary schools in Oran 
      participated in the survey. Obesity and overweight were defined using the 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. A logistic regression analysis 
      was performed to determine the risk factors for overweight and obesity. RESULTS: 
      13% of the sample were found to be overweight or obese (16.4% of girls vs 10% of 
      boys, p < 10?4). 10% of the sample were overweight (12.4% of girls and 7.7% of 
      boys, p < 10?4). 3.1% of the children were obese (4% of girls and 2.3% of boys, p 
      < 0.05). Using multivariate analysis, overweight was found to be associated with 
      female gender (odds ratio adjusted (ORa) = 1.5), a family history of overweight 
      (ORa = 2.2), living in a single-family home (ORa = 1.5) and skipping breakfast 
      (ORa = 1.8). CONCLUSION: Overweight is not only a problem in industrialized 
      countries, but is also prevalent in developing countries, where measures to 
      reduce overweight and obesity need to be further developed.
FAU - Raiah, Mourad
AU  - Raiah M
AD  - Laboratoire de Bio-statistique, Faculte de medecine, Algerie.
FAU - Talhi, Randa
AU  - Talhi R
FAU - Mesli, Mohammed Farouk
AU  - Mesli MF
LA  - fre
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Surpoids et obesite des enfants de six a onze ans : prevalence et facteurs 
      associes a Oran.
PL  - France
TA  - Sante Publique
JT  - Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)
JID - 9216153
SB  - IM
MH  - Algeria/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
EDAT- 2013/03/12 06:00
MHDA- 2013/04/30 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/12 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/04/30 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sante Publique. 2012 Nov-Dec;24(6):561-71.