Prevalence of overweight, obesity and altered nutrition due to overeating in the child population of a basic health area
Section: Health and quality of life
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Rincón del Toro T. Piqué Prado EM, Gil Gómez R. Prevalencia de sobrepeso, obesidad y alteración de la nutrición por exceso en población infantil. Metas de Enferm oct 2009; 12(8): 8-11
Authors
1Teresa Rincón del Toro, 2Eva Piqué Prado, 2Ricardo Gil Gómez
Position
1Diplomada en Enfermería. Diplomada en Sanidad. Gerencia de Atención Primaria del Área 5.2Diplomada/o en Enfermería.
Contact address
Gerencia de Atención Primaria del Área 5. C/ Melchor Fernández Almagro, 1. 28029 Madrid
Contact email: trincon.gapm05@salud.madrid.org
Abstract
Objective: to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and altered nutrition due to overating in the population between the ages of 2 and 14 years ascribed to a Primary Care centre of Alcobendas (Madrid); also, to ascertain whether these problems were underreported, taking the information recorded in the clinical history into account.
Material and method: cross-sectional descriptive study performed on a child population between the ages of 2 and 14 ascribed to the Valdavia Health Center (Area 5 of Madrid) (N=5.020). The body mass index (BMI) was employed (calculated based on the data recorded in the OMI-AP programme clinical histories), and obesity was determined when the BMI > 95th percentile and overweight when the BMI
> 85th percentile. In order to determine the percentile, the graphs of the Orbegozo Foundation were used.
Results: diagnosed prevalences were 2,07% for child overweight and 0,39% for obesity. The prevalences detected were: 9,06% overweight and 3,09% obesity. 52,88% of children diagnosed with an episode of overweight met criteria for the diagnosis of episode of obesity. Out of 1,370 care plans performed in the centre, only three diagnoses made reference to “Nutrition imbalance due to overating”.
Conclusions: the results obtained demonstrate the need to initiate a series of activities supported in the NAOS and PERSEO programmes to decrease the prevalence of long-term child obesity and overweight, and also to increase their early detection.
Keywords:
NAOS strategy; PERSEO programme; child obesity; child overweight; intervention; Community Nursing; childhooddescriptive research
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