The incidence of the obesity in school children

Bojic-Milicevic, G.; Monarov, E.

The incidence of the obesity in school children

1994

Bojic-Milicevic, G. | Monarov, E. (Institut za zdravlje, Novi Sad (Yugoslavia))

Concerning consequences, obesity is a type of nutritive disorder has special position within preventive medicine and pediatrics. In this study the incidence of the obesity in school age children (the age from 6.5 to 15.5 years), in the sample of 765 children was investigated. The results showed the incidence of the obesity in 10.76 boys and 16.26 girls. The greatest number of obese children had obese parents (40.65 boys and 35.22 girls). The obesity appeared from the beginning of primary school (in age of 7 years) in 46.77 boys and 47.50 girls.

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