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KMID : 0123420080130030386
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2008 Volume.13 No. 3 p.386 ~ p.395
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Do Obese Children Exhibit Distinguishable Behaviours from Normal Weight Children?-Based on Literature Review
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Baek Seol-Hyang
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Abstract
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Since obesity has been a crucial issue regarding children’s health in Korea, numerous studies have been conducted.
However, it is difficult to locate studies that can help researchers and/or medical professionals who want to study
behavioral differences between obese and normal weight (non-obese) children. The collected literature about obese
childrens behaviors were accumulated by performing ‘key word’ searches from several web engines: ‘obesity’
‘children obesity’ ‘behavior’ ‘habit’ ‘eating behavior or habit’ ‘exercise’ ‘physical activity’ and ‘daily behavior’. The
information was extracted and the behaviors were reviewed utilizing 30 papers that revealed any differences from
normal weight children with at least p .05 level of significance. According to those studies, the obese children tended
to skip meals more often as a method of losing weight. They also have an increased appetite, eat larger portions and
rarely leave food on their plates. The obese children prefer to eat high fat, high calorie foods and eat faster than their
normal weight counterparts. Also, the children usually eat alone and eat at irregular meal times. Beside the behaviors
related to the standard three meals a day, obese children have high preferences for snacking. The children reported
that with pocket money they usually eat certain types of snacks without parent approval. The children stated that they
exercise more on a regular basis. However, when asked about their participation they were not likely to engage
actively. Meanwhile, they tend to spend free time doing sedentary activities such as watching TV or playing on the
computer. Since these studies used self -reported questionnaires with a small sample, size there may be difficulty in
forming a basis about obese children’s behaviors. Nevertheless, these findings are in accordance with other studies
conducted in local as well as western countries. In conclusion, obese children have different daily behaviors or
routines from normal weight children. It is recommended that altering these behavioral patterns to match those of
normal weight children should be encouraged. (Korean J Community Nutrition 13(3) : 386~395, 2008)
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KEYWORD
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behaviour·habit, food preference, exercise
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