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19014104

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
During the months of May and June 2007 two prevalence studies were conducted in two local health units in Italy (Terni and Bari). The objectives of the studies were to test methods and procedures to be used in the nutritional surveillance in primary schools; to measure the prevalence of obesity and overweight in children from those schools; and to determine the prevalence of physical activity and sedentary behaviour A total of 1026 children were measured and interviewed. The refusal rate was 17% in Terni and 16% in Bari. In Terni 8% of children were obese, 24% overweight, while in Bari the corresponding values were 11% and 24%. A high prevalence of behavioural risk factors for obesity was registered such as: not eating breakfast, reduced physical activity and sedentary behaviour It was also demonstrated that parents are often unaware that their children were overweight. The results of these surveys were consistent with the high prevalence that has been registered in other studies on Italian children in the third grade. The results showed also the feasibility of surveys in schools on the nutritional situation of children in primary schools, that can be adopted as a tool for a national surveillance.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1120-9135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-35
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Survey of the nutritional status and related risk factors in primary school children in two Italian health units].
pubmed:affiliation
Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma. gabriele.fontana@iss.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract