The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children
Background: To determine relationships between healths related quality of life and body mass index in children aged 9-11 years old. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 240 children 9-11 year olds who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the S...
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| author | F Khodaverdi F Alhani A Kazemnejad Z Khodaverdi |
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| description | Background: To determine relationships between healths related quality of life and body mass index in children aged 9-11 years old.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 240 children 9-11 year olds who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the Shahre Qods of the Tehran, Iran in 2007. Pediatric Quality of Life inventory was completed by child self report with measured height and weight used to determine body mass index percentile/weight classification. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥95th percentile for age and gender and one way analyses of variance (ANOVA) was used for data analyses.
Results: Physical, social and school functioning was significantly lowered for obese when compared to normal weight children (P<.05). The impairment in QOL in the community-based sample of elementary school children was less marked than clinical sample of obese. Obese children maintain emotional health.
Conclusion: These results highlight the importance in considering dimensions of quality of life at further understanding obesity in children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b439c48c89644515b20fe4cb52a129a32022-12-21T20:18:49ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932011-06-01402The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School ChildrenF Khodaverdi 0F Alhani 1A Kazemnejad 2Z Khodaverdi 3 Background: To determine relationships between healths related quality of life and body mass index in children aged 9-11 years old. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 240 children 9-11 year olds who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the Shahre Qods of the Tehran, Iran in 2007. Pediatric Quality of Life inventory was completed by child self report with measured height and weight used to determine body mass index percentile/weight classification. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥95th percentile for age and gender and one way analyses of variance (ANOVA) was used for data analyses. Results: Physical, social and school functioning was significantly lowered for obese when compared to normal weight children (P<.05). The impairment in QOL in the community-based sample of elementary school children was less marked than clinical sample of obese. Obese children maintain emotional health. Conclusion: These results highlight the importance in considering dimensions of quality of life at further understanding obesity in children.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3056Body mass indexChildren obesityQuality of LifeIran |
| spellingShingle | F Khodaverdi F Alhani A Kazemnejad Z Khodaverdi The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children Iranian Journal of Public Health Body mass index Children obesity Quality of Life Iran |
| title | The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children |
| title_full | The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children |
| title_short | The Relationship between Obesity and Quality Of Life in School Children |
| title_sort | relationship between obesity and quality of life in school children |
| topic | Body mass index Children obesity Quality of Life Iran |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3056 |
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