Overweight and Obesity among School Children Aged 6 – 12 Years in Ilorin North Central Nigeria.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 7
Abstract
Background Nutrition is a major determinant of a child’s overall development and learning. 1 The new trend of malnutrition, described as double burden of malnutrition, is one in which under-nutrition is coexisting with over-nutrition and is a major problem facing the world today, especially developing countries.2 The diminishing value towards healthy natural meals has led to over-nutrition.3 Approximately 300 million people globally are obese.4 There is an increase in the global prevalence of childhood obesity.5 The prevalence of overweight and obesity were reported as 13.7% and 5.2% respectively, among Nigerian preschool children, 6 There are studies on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents7,8 but little is known about these burden among school age children. Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school aged children in Ilorin. Methods: Cross sectional descriptive study of school aged children in Ilorin Kwara State using a multi-staged sampling techniques. A total of sixteen primary schools, eight public and eight private school pupils were recruited. The anthropometric measurements were taken to determine the anthropometric indices using the World Health Organization (WHO) reference 2007. Results: A total number of 480 primary school children from Ilorin were recruited. Males were 221 (46.0%) with a M:F of 1:1.2. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 7.3% and 3.1% respectively. Higher proportions of private school children were overweight and or obese. Conclusions: The study affirms the increasing burden of over-nutrition among school children in Ilorin. Routine nutritional assessment of primary school children is advocated.
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Bello S. O, Saka A. O, Adeboye M. A. N, Ojuawo A
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