دورية أكاديمية
Anthropometric profiles of 8-11 year old children from a low-income setting in South Africa.
| العنوان: | Anthropometric profiles of 8-11 year old children from a low-income setting in South Africa. |
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| المؤلفون: | Pretorius SS; Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, WITS Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa. sandra.pretorius@icloud.com.; INMED SA Partnerships for Children, Northriding, Johannesburg, 2169, South Africa. sandra.pretorius@icloud.com., Neophytou N; Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, WITS Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa., Watson ED; Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, WITS Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa. |
| المصدر: | BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2019 Mar 18; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 18. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Observational Study |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Anthropometry* , Poverty Areas*, Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology, Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Schools ; South Africa/epidemiology ; Urban Population/statistics & numerical data ; Vulnerable Populations |
| مستخلص: | Background: Communities in low-to-middle income countries undergoing rapid urbanisation as well as nutrition transition are particularly at risk for associated health issues such as overweight and obesity. South Africa has a double-burden of both under- and over-nutrition, creating some uncertainty as to where to direct healthcare interventions. Therefore, providing anthropometric data in vulnerable populations, such as in early childhood, is much needed. Methods: This observational study assessed height, weight, head circumference and age-adjusted BMI in 1785 Grade 4 (9.5 ± 0.7 years old) learners from 12 schools in two different areas in South Africa. Results: Overall, the results of this study found a higher prevalence of overnutrition (>95th percentile for age-adjusted BMI) than undernutrition (<15th percentile for age-adjusted BMI), 27.3% versus 12.4% respectively. Although the boys were significantly older and taller than the girls in this sample, there were no significant sex differences between boys and girls for BMI (19.9 kg/m 2 ± 6.0 vs 20 kg/m 2 ± 5.8, p = 0.59). Significant differences were found between peri-urban and urban areas for undernutrition (16.1% versus 9.5%, p < 0.001) and overnutrition (9.7% versus 41.2%, p < 0.001). Conclusion: South African children living in urban areas are particularly vulnerable to high rates of overweight and obesity. Therefore, interventions that are area and context specific are needed to address the issues of malnutrition in South Africa. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Anthropometry; Childhood; Malnutrition; Obesity; Overweight; Urbanisation |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20190320 Date Completed: 20190520 Latest Revision: 20200225 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC6421691 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-019-6530-x |
| PMID: | 30885162 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-019-6530-x |