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Prevalence of Obesity in School-Going Children of Karachi 英文参考文献

PrevalenceofObesityinSchool-GoingChildrenof Karachi HaiderJavedWarraich1*,FaisalJaved1,MohammedFaraz-ul-Haq1,FarihaBatoolKhawaja1 ,Sarah Saleem2 1MedicalCollege,AgaKhanUniversity,Karachi,Pakistan,2DepartmentofCommunityHealthSciences,AgaKhanUniversity,Karachi,Pakistan Abstract Background: Obesity is an emerging problem in Pakistan. The authors sought to determine prevalence of obesity and malnutrition in school-going children, from grades 6th to 8th of different schools of Karachi and assess associations that affecttheweightofthechildren. Methodology/Principal Findings: A cross sectional study design with children studying in grades 6th to 8th grade, in different schools of Karachi. We visited 10 schools of which 4 consented; two subsidized government schools and two private schools. A questionnaire was developed in consultation with a qualified nutritionist. Height and weight were measured on calibrated scales. A modified BMI criterion for Asian populations was used. Data was collected from 284 students. Of our sample, 52% were found to be underweight whereas 34% of all the children were normal. Of the population,6%wasobeseand8%overweight.Ofallobesechildren,70%belongedtothehighersocio-economicstatus (SES)group,whileoftheunderweightchildren,63.3%wereinthelowerSES.Amongstobesechildreninourstudy,65%ate meateveryday,comparedto33%ofnormalkids. Conclusion:Obesityandundernutritionco-existinPakistanischool-children.Ourstudyshowsthatsocio-economicfactors areimportantsinceobesityandoverweightincreasewithSES.HigherSESgroupsshouldbetargetedforoverweightwhile underweightisaproblemoflowerSES.Meatintakeandlackofphysicalactivityaresomeoftheotherfactorsthathave beenhighlightedinourstudy. Citation:WarraichHJ,JavedF,Faraz-ul-HaqM,KhawajaFB,SaleemS(2009)PrevalenceofObesityinSchool-GoingChildrenofKarachi.PLoSONE4(3):e4816. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004816 Editor:J.JaimeMiranda,LondonSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine,Peru ReceivedDecember17,2008;AcceptedJanuary23,2009;PublishedMarch24