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Biomédica
Print version ISSN 0120-4157On-line version ISSN 2590-7379
Abstract
HERRERA, Adela and SARMIENTO, Consuelo. Overweight and obesity: Family factors, diet, and physical activity in school children from middle to high socioeconomic level in Cali, Colombia. Biomed. [online]. 2022, vol.42, suppl.1, pp.100-115. Epub May 01, 2022. ISSN 0120-4157. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6396.
Introduction:
Colombia is a country with overweight and obesity problems, which, in many cases, are due to bad eating habits.
Objective:
To describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity, as well as family, dietary, and physical activity factors in a group of schoolchildren between 6 and 9 years old from socioeconomic level 4 in Cali, Colombia.
Materials and methods:
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 150 children from an educational institution in Cali. To collect the sociodemographic data we used a previously validated instrument; the anthropometric measurements were analyzed to diagnose the nutritional status in the World Health Organization (WHO) Anthro Plus program program. A total of 62 children were identified as overweight and obese.
Results:
Regarding the nutritional diagnosis, 42 (28%) children were overweight and 20 (13%) were obese; 78% belonged to socioeconomic levels 4 and 5. As for the family characteristics, 47% had only one sibling and 25% were only children; 76% of the mothers and 70% of the fathers were professionals; 95% of the children did not do significant physical activity.
Conclusions:
Our analysis showed an association between the nutritional status and the number of siblings; schoolchildren with a higher prevalence of overweight or obesity tended to be only children or have just one sibling. We also found associations between mothers’ age, especially at ages 41-50 years, parents’ schooling and whether they had an occupation or job outside the home, as well as belonging to socioeconomic levels 4 and 5.
Keywords : Overweight; pediatric obesity; exercise; social class; nutritional status.