Trends in Overweight and Obesity in Czech Schoolchildren from 1998 to 2014
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F17%3A73584361" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/17:73584361 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5099" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5099</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5099" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a5099</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Trends in Overweight and Obesity in Czech Schoolchildren from 1998 to 2014
Original language description
Overweight and obesity in adolescents is associated with many health risks and considerable direct and indirect healthcare costs. The purpose of this study is to examine trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents in the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2014. Data from five self-reported survey rounds (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014) of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC) were used to assess trends in overweight and obesity among Czech adolescents. The total sample consisted of 19,103 adolescents (51.2% girls). A logistic regression analysis was used to assess trends in different age and gender categories. From 1998 to 2014 a significant increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity was observed among boys in all age categories (11 years old 22.2%1998– 28.3%2014; 13 years old 17.9%1998– 26.7%2014; 15 years old 9.8%1998– 20.8%2014) and among 15-year-old girls (6.0%1998– 10.9%2014). None of the age and gender categories showed an overall decrease over the 16-year period. In boys, the prevalence of overweight was significantly higher with steeper negative trends compared with girls. However, stabilization in overweight rates was observed between 2010 and 2014 in all age and gender groups. Nationally representative self-reported data show a significant increase in overweight (including obesity) prevalence among children from 1998 to 2014 in the Czech Republic. The results also suggest stabilization in overweight prevalence between 2010 and 2014. Continuing research is needed to determine future trends while interventions aimed at reducing overweight and obesity in children should be implemented on different levels of public policy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-12579S" target="_blank" >GA17-12579S: TRENDS IN BEHAVIOUR AMONG CZECH ADOLESCENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT: HBSC STUDY BETWEEN THE YEARS 2002-2018</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Central European Journal of Public Health
ISSN
1210-7778
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Suppl. 1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
"S10"-"S14"
UT code for WoS article
000406988900003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85033598101