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KMID : 0384319990200040328
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
1999 Volume.20 No. 4 p.328 ~ p.335
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The prevalence of obesity in elementary school children in Kwang ju
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황동연/Hwang, Dong Yeon
오윤/주경호/양훈열/김용석/조병준/문용현/Oh, Yoon/Joo, Kyeong Ho/Yang, Hoon Yeoul/Kim, Yong Suk/Cho, Byung Jun/Moon, Yong Hyun
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Abstract
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Background : Recently, childhood obesity has been increasing steeply. Many obese children have if nutri-
Editors. _ complications and high risks to become obese as adults. Therefore, we performed this study to assess
obesity childhood obesity in Kwangju area.
_9& Methods : We examined 11,039 children(boys:5,547, girls:5,492) of ages 612 years. We defined
´l. A] . obesity as more than 97th percentile of weight at each height. We also examined th
e degree of obesity
by comparing with standard weight, which is defined as more than 20% above the standard weight for
height. We identified four groups according to the degree of obesity. The ranges for each group was as
follows : obesity at from 20% above the standard weight for height, mild obesity at 30% below and 20%
above the standard weight for height, and moderate obesity at 50% below and 30% above the standard -,1 1994. weight for height, and severe obesity at 50% above the standard weight for height.
Results : The prevalence of obesity that exceeded the weight centiles at each height by more than
97th percentile was 12.17%. The prevalence of obesity that exceeded the standard weighi for height by 1993;36 more than 2t1% was 13.31%. Among them, 8.02% were mild obesity 4.44% were moderate obesity and 0.
84% were severe obesity.
Conclusions : Recently, the frequency of childhood obesity goes high in our society. We now know that obesity is a risk factor for some diseases, and therefore, more effective approaches should be developed treat and prevent childhood obesity.() Korean Acad Fam Med 1999;20 : 328^335)
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