Prevalence of Obesity and the Predisposing Factors among Preschool Children in Mansoura City | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 9, Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2013, 2013, Pages 130-144 PDF (619.61 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/znj.2013.38854 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Doaa Abd El-Gawad Said1; Amany Sobhy Sorour2; Ashraf Abd El-Monem Elsayed3 | ||
| 1B.SC.N- Faculty of Nursing- Mansoura University | ||
| 2Assistant Prof. of Community Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||
| 3Assistant Prof. of Pediatric Medicine- Faculty of Medicine- Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Obesity is widely recognized as a major health problem of the 20th century. It is defined as a state of imbalance between calories ingested versus calories expended which would lead to excessive or abnormal fat accumulation. The study aimed at health promotion of preschooler children's. A descriptive design was used to accomplish the aim of this study. The study was conducted at six nursery schools at Mansoura City. The sample consisted of 200 children and their mothers selected from nursery schools at Mansoura City. The tools used for data collection were assessment questionnaire sheet for the child personal data and anthropometric measurement, and interview questionnaire for mothers' nutritional knowledge and habits. The results of the present study revealed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was about one third of the studied sample; there was a statistically significant relation between mother’s knowledge, habits and occurrence of child obesity as well as there was a statistically significant relation between mother’s knowledge and mother’s habits. The study concluded that obesity constitutes one third of studied sample and there was a relationship between mother’s knowledge, nutritional habits and the occurrence of obesity. The study recommended that health educational programs should be directed to caregivers including predisposing factors of obesity and healthy eating habits. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| prevalence of Obesity; Predisposing factors; preschool children | ||
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