PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN 6–15-YEAR-OLD BOYS AND GIRLS BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: RESULTS FROM ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2001–2019 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15110%2F24%3A73627958" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15110/24:73627958 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15120/24:73627958

Result on the web

<a href="https://cejph.szu.cz/artkey/cjp-202488-0007_prevalence-of-overweight-and-obesity-in-6-15-year-old-boys-and-girls-before-the-covid-19-pandemic-results-from.php" target="_blank" >https://cejph.szu.cz/artkey/cjp-202488-0007_prevalence-of-overweight-and-obesity-in-6-15-year-old-boys-and-girls-before-the-covid-19-pandemic-results-from.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a8283" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a8283</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN 6–15-YEAR-OLD BOYS AND GIRLS BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: RESULTS FROM ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2001–2019 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Original language description

Objective: Childhood overweight and obesity has been a major global problem for a long time, with a steadily increasing prevalence of obesityand a growing number of cases of serious health complications associated with childhood obesity. The main objective of the study is to assess theprevalence of overweight and obesity in boys and girls before the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic.Methods: Body height, weight, BMI, and body composition (fat free mass, skeletal muscle mass, body fat, visceral fat area) were assessed ina cohort of 4,475 subjects (2,180 boys and 2,295 girls) aged 6–15 years. Somatic status was assessed by standardized anthropometry and bodycomposition was determined by bioelectrical impedance. The subjects were classified according to BMI in percentile bands (up to 3rd percentile,P3–10, P25–75, P75–90, P90–97, above 97th percentile). Statistical analysis was performed using the software TIBCO Statistica 14.0.015.Results: During growth, statistical differences in the proportion of fat-free mass and fat fractions were found between boys and girls. In boys,there is an increase in muscle mass, in girls, there is an increase in the proportion of fat fraction. Sexual differentiation is pronounced duringpubertal growth. By their BMI, 10.32% of the boys and 7.36% of the girls were categorized as overweight, and 8.12% of the boys and 7.71% ofthe girls were categorized as obese. Using bioelectrical impedance analysis and the percentage of fat fraction, 21.61% of the boys and 21.87%of the girls were categorized as obese; 5.96% of the boys and 8.19% of the girls were found to have visceral adipose tissue posing a health risk(more than 100 cm2). From 2002 to 2019, there was a significant increase of 3.72% in the overweight category for boys and 1.36% for girls, whilethe obesity category showed an increase of 3.62% for boys and 4.91% for girls.Conclusion: The results confirm the increasing negative trend of overweight and obesity in the BMI and the relative body fat categories inchildren aged 6–15 years. Greater attention and monitoring of the effectiveness of preventive measures is needed to slow and stop the obesityepidemic which has health, social and economic impacts on the entire society.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Volume of the periodical

32

Issue of the periodical within the volume

suppl.

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

42-51

UT code for WoS article

001420206300008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85216438997