Pham Thi Phuong Thuy
Mai Hospital Medical Collaboration Center, Vietnam
Title: Prevalence and factors associated to overweight and obesity of school-children in Hanoi, Vietnam
Biography
Biography: Pham Thi Phuong Thuy
Abstract
The study aim to find out the risk factors that influence overweight and obesity, which will contribute to a recommendation to Vietnamese schools of an education program on healthy lifestyle and behaviors. The survey was conducted in January 2014, 821 students were selected from a total of 1417 from 2 urban districts in Hanoi, Vietnam. Identifying for overweight and obesity of student followed World Health Organization standard cut-offs and predicted risk factors by using logistic regression analysis. We have found 4.1% prevalence of underweight, 59.7% normal weight, 16.9% overweight and 19.2% obesity. The family characteristics are increasing risk factors and strongly associated with overweight or obese children: father overweight or obesity, the Odd ratio (OR) 2.02, and 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.34 -3.04; mother overweight or obesity (OR 2.83, 95% CI 1.51 - 5.30); one of parent obesity (OR 2.22, 95% CI 1.50 - 3.27) and both parent obesity (OR 6.59, 95% CI 1.28 -33.87). Changes in lifestyle are decreasing risk factors and associated with overweight or obese children: weight-reducing exercises (OR 0.16, CI 95% 0.11-0.23); lowering food intake (OR 0.12, CI 0.95% 0.09-0.17); adding vegetables to diet (OR 0.26, CI 95% 0.19-0.35). The result prove family with overweight or obesity parent and children with high birth weight should be educated to prevent children at an early state. In addition, it is suggested that to reduce the prevalence of children overweight or obesity, the target for charging positive life style should be set by the students.