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Survey of obesity among kindergarten girls and their mothers’ awareness

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Type Article
Author Sahloul, Ola T. Faculty of Specific Education, Damietta. University.
Varying form of title دراسة مسحية عن انتشار السمنة بين الفتيات برياض الاطفال والوعي الغذائي للأمهات [مقال]
Pages pp. 593-614
Host Item Entry Research Journal of Specific Education. no. 41, January 2016
Electronic Location Full text (PDF)  PDF
Descriptors Body weight  -  Body height  -  Kindergarten  -  Girls  -  Parent role  -  Mothers  -  Nutrition education  -  Damietta (Egypt: Province)
Language of document English
Country Egypt
This study was undertaken to construct percentile curves of body mass index (BMI) and cut off points for overweight and obesity of kindergarten children girls in Damietta, as well as study of the social status and measuring height, weight, BMI and (Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference) MUAC, then make questionnaires for the nutritional awareness of mothers, and questionnaires to track the child's dietary intake, for thirty-nine children girls, aged 4-6 years from Damietta, measured during 2014. The (BMI) percentile curves for Damietta children. Obtained results indicated that: 5.13% of girls were Underweight, 69.32% were in Normal weight, 7.65% were in Overweight, and 17.59% were in obesity. The study also proved that no relationship between BMI in children and mothers’ food awareness, this need to reconsidering of the food recommendations for children in all age stages. (Published abstract)

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