PMID- 24183514
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141012
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 0398-7620 (Print)
IS  - 0398-7620 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 6
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - [Prevalence of obesity and overweight among children in primary schools in 
      Marrakech, Morocco].
PG  - 545-9
LID - S0398-7620(13)01050-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.respe.2013.08.002 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a phenomenon of growing concern today because of 
      its rapid growth worldwide. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence 
      of overweight and obesity among school age children in Marrakech. METHODS: We 
      conducted a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 1418 schoolchildren aged 
      8-15 years in the public sector in Marrakech in May 2011. Trained physicians 
      measured the weight and size of respondents. The body mass index (BMI) was 
      calculated for each child. Overweight was assessed by comparing BMI with World 
      Health Organization (WHO) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) references. 
      Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 16.0 and using a macro of 
      WHO Anthro for SPSS. RESULTS: The mean age was 10.8 +/- 1.6 years. The sex ratio 
      (girl/boy) was 1. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 8 % (95 % CI 
      [6.7, 9.6]) and 3 % (95 % CI [2.2, 4.1] based on WHO reference. This prevalence 
      were respectively 12.2 % (95 % IC [10.5; 14.0]) and 5.4 % (95 % IC [4.3; 6.7]) 
      using the IOTF reference. CONCLUSION: In the absence of national data, our 
      results reflect the importance of the phenomenon in our context, hence the 
      importance of monitoring the nutritional status on both individual and collective 
      levels and the need to develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis and early 
      treatment before the problem becomes more widespread.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
FAU - Sebbani, M
AU  - Sebbani M
AD  - Laboratoire d'epidemiologie, laboratoire de recherche PCIM, departement de sante 
      publique et medecine communautaire, faculte de medecine et de pharmacie, 
      universite Cadi Ayyad, CHU Mohammed VI de Marrakech, BP 7010 Sidi Abbad, 
      Marrakech, Maroc. Electronic address: dr.sebbani@gmail.com.
FAU - Elbouchti, I
AU  - Elbouchti I
FAU - Adarmouch, L
AU  - Adarmouch L
FAU - Amine, M
AU  - Amine M
LA  - fre
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Prevalence de l'obesite et du surpoids chez les ecoliers de primaire a Marrakech, 
      Maroc.
DEP - 20131031
PL  - France
TA  - Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
JT  - Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publique
JID - 7608039
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Morocco/epidemiology
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Schools/*statistics & numerical data
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Maroc
OT  - Morocco
OT  - Obesity
OT  - Obesite
OT  - Overweight
OT  - Prevalence
OT  - Prevalence
OT  - Surpoids
EDAT- 2013/11/05 06:00
MHDA- 2014/10/13 06:00
CRDT- 2013/11/05 06:00
PHST- 2012/09/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/04/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/08/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/11/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/10/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0398-7620(13)01050-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.respe.2013.08.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2013 Dec;61(6):545-9. doi: 
      10.1016/j.respe.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Oct 31.