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| Paper Title: | Assess the prevalence and factors contributing to obesity among preschool children aged 3 to 5 years. |
| Authors Name: | Dania Fertodo |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2306015 |
| Published In: | Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023 |
| Abstract: | A comparative survey was conducted to assess the prevalence and factors contributing to obesity among preschool children aged 3 to 5 years from selected schools of urban and rural areas of Thiruvananthapuram district. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of childhood obesity and the factors contributing to obesity among children aged 3 to 5 years, to compare the prevalence of childhood obesity in selected schools of rural and urban area and to determine the significant association between childhood obesity with selected independent variables. The conceptual frame work used in the study was Nora Pender’s Health Promotion Model (1996). By multistage sampling method samples size of 529 preschool children, 265 from rural and 264 from urban areas of Thiruvananthapuram district were selected. The tool consisted of a structured questionnaire to assess the socio demographic data, factors contributing to obesity and anthropometric measurements to assess the prevalence of obesity. The data was tabulated and analysed using differential and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that there was 14.4% of obesity among children and it is more among girls of rural areas. The factors that contribute to obesity are birth weight, increased fat intake, type of snacks mainly shallow fried snacks, intake of juices mainly fresh juice and less time of physical activity at school. By doing binary regression, it was found that obesity has association with independent variables like birth weight, fat intake and juice intake. The study concluded that prevalence of obesity among preschool children is increasing. |
| Keywords: | prevalence; childhood obesity; factors contributing; preschool children |
| Cite Article: | "Assess the prevalence and factors contributing to obesity among preschool children aged 3 to 5 years.", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.83 - 87, June-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2306015.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2306015 Registration ID:206947 Published In: Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 83 - 87 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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