Assessment of the prevalence of obesity,  stunting, and hypertension among primary  school children: İ̇lkokul çocuklarında obezite, bodurluk ve hipertansiyon  yaygınlığının değerlendirilmesi

Medine  Yılmaz; Betül Aktaş; Feyza  Dereli; Hatice Yıldırım Sarı; Gamze  Ağartıoğlu  Kundakçı; Zeliha Tiraki

doi:10.5152/EurJTher.2017.42

Authors

Medine Yılmaz Department of Health Sciences, İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine
Betül Aktaş Department of Nursing, Sanko University
Feyza Dereli Department of Health Sciences, İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine
Hatice Yıldırım Sarı Department of Health Sciences, İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine
Gamze Ağartıoğlu Kundakçı Department of Health Sciences, İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine
Zeliha Tiraki Department of Nursing, Ege University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5152/EurJTher.2017.42

Keywords:

School children, obesity, stunting, hypertension

Abstract

Objective: The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity, stunting, and hypertension problems among 5-14 year-old students from three primary schools.
Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional study comprised of 2930 primary school children (first-eight grade). The participants’ heights, weights, and blood pressures were measured.
Results: Of the participants, 17.4% were overweight, 22.8% were obese, 1.1% stunted, and 5.9% were short. In the eight-year age group, the percentage of overweight boy students was higher than that of the overweight girl students. The proportions of the students with stage I and stage II systolic hypertension were 6.8% and 3.2%, respectively. While 1.1% of the students had stage I diastolic hypertension, 5.5% had stage II diastolic hypertension.
Conclusions: The prevalence of stunting, overweight, and stage I and II hypertension among the children aged 6-14 years was high. Thus, it is important to identify such problems early among children and take precautions by conducting routine screenings in schools.

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