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标题：Preschool overweight and obesity in urban and rural Vietnam: differences in prevalence and associated factors
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作者：Loan Minh Do ; Section for Epidemiology ; Social Medicine (EPSO), Department of Public Health 等
期刊名称：Global Health Action
印刷版ISSN：1654-9716
电子版ISSN：1654-9880
出版年度：2015
卷号：8
期号：0
DOI：10.3402/gha.v8.28615
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis
摘要：Background: Childhood obesity may soon be an equally important health threat as undernutrition and infectious diseases. Accurate information about prevalence and risk factors of obesity in children is important for the design of prevention.Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity for preschool children in two Vietnamese areas, one urban and one rural, and to identify risk factors.Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted in urban Dong Da and rural Ba Vi districts, Hanoi, Vietnam. Totally, 2,677 children, 1,364 urban and 1,313 rural, were weighed and measured. Caregivers were interviewed. Background information about children and families was obtained from regular household surveys.Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity combined were 21.1% (95% CI 18.9–23.3) in the urban area and 7.6% (95% CI 6.2–9.2) in the rural. Multiple logistic regression revealed that at the individual level, in both sites, the risk increased with increased child age. The identified urban risk factors were being a boy, consuming large amounts of food, eating fast, and indoor activity less than 2 hours per day. The rural risk factors were frequent consumption of fatty food. At the family level, significant association was found in rural areas with frequent watching of food advertisements on television.Conclusions: Overweight and obesity are emerging problems in Vietnam, particularly in the urban context. Prevention programs should focus on education about healthy eating habits at early preschool age and need to be tailored separately for urban and rural areas since the risk factors differ. Non-healthy food advertisement needs to be restricted.Keywords: overweight; obesity; preschool children; Vietnam(Published: 8 October 2015) Citation: Glob Health Action 2015, 8: 28615 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28615
关键词：Public Health;verweight; obesity; preschool children; Vietnam;Pediatrics