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Title: | Relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life in children aged 7-8 years | Authors: | Halasi, Szabolcs Lepeš, Josip Đorđić, Višnja Stevanović, Dragana Ihász, Ferenc Jakšić, Damjan Živković-Vuković, Jelena Andrea Cvetković, Milan Milić, Zoran Stajer , Anita Zrnzević, Nevenka Marinković, Dragan |
Keywords: | Obesity;HRQOL;Overweight | Issue Date: | 28-Jul-2018 | Publisher: | BioMed Central | Journal: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Abstract: | Background: The dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity in developed and developing countries has become a major health care concern. Accordingly, there is growing recognition of the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and obesity in the pediatric population. This study aimed to explore the relationship between HRQOL and different indicators of obesity in children aged 7-8 years. Method: In total, 182 children participated in this study (mean age 7.71 (0.29) years, 48.91% girls). To assess obesity, an InBody 230 analyzer was used to calculate body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BFP). The proxy version of the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire was used to assess HRQOL. Results: Among boys, 17.2% were overweight and 4.3% were obese according to BMI, while in terms of body fat percentage (BFP), the corresponding percentages were 12.9 and 9.7%, respectively. Among girls, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 11.2 and 9.0% by BMI and 10.1 and 7.9% in terms of BFP, respectively. The analysis of BFP showed a significantly higher score in normal weight boys than in obese boys in the Social Support & Peers domains (KW H-test = 10.472, p = 0.03), while in girls, there were no significant differences between weight categories and any HRQOL dimensions. Conclusion: Obesity at 7-8 years of age could negatively affect some HRQOL domains; in particular, obese boys may have low social support and peer functioning. | URI: | https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1458 | ISSN: | 1477-7525 (Online) | DOI: | 10.1186/s12955-018-0974-z |
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