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KMID : 0359420040220020144
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Korean Journal of Sports Medicine
2004 Volume.22 No. 2 p.144 ~ p.150
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Aspects of BMI Change Among 7-to 12-year Old Schoolchildren According to Living Place and Gender
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Oh Bong-Seok
Yun Shin-Jung
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Abstract
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The aims of this study were to explore the aspects of BMI(body mass index) change among 7- to 12-year old schoolchildren in two living places(metropolitan city and farm village), and to provide some informations of schoolchildren’s overweight and obesity to their parents and policy makers. 1,307 schoolchildren[(male of farm village(n=244), male of metropolitan city(n=225), female of farm village(n=264), female of metropolitan city(n=573)] in grade 6 were selected. BMI of subjects used health record in April from the first grade to the final year of elementary school. The results were as followed: 1. The annual increment of BMI in schoolchildren was about 0.62kg/m2. 2. In the period of the first grade to the third grade, BMI of schoolchildren of farm village and female children of metropolitan city were significantly increased(P=.0001). 3. In the period from the first grade to the second grade, BMI of male children of metropolitan city was significantly increased(P=.0001). 4. In the period from the fourth grade to the fifth grade, BMI of schoolchildren of metropolitan city was significantly increased(P=.05). In summery, schoolchildren of farm village and female children of metropolitan city should take care of their overweight or obesity in the period of the first grade to the third grade. Schoolchildren of metropolitan city also must pay attention to overweight and obesity in the period from the fourth grade to the fifth grade.
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KEYWORD
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Body mass index, Metropolitan city, Farm village, Obesity, Schoolchildren
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