Prevalence of Underweight and Overweight and Its Association with Physical Fitness in Egyptian Schoolchildren
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- Autoren
- Osama Abdelkarim
- Achraf Ammar
- Khaled Trabelsi
- Hamdi Cthourou
- Darko Jekauc
- Khadijeh Irandoust
- Morteza Taheri
- Klaus Boes
- Alexander Woll
- Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
- Anita Hoekelmann
- Autoren-URL
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- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17010075
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
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- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: KF7AG
- PubMed Identifier: 31861878
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- Schlüsselwörter
- BMI categories
- physical fitness
- schoolchildren
- age
- gender difference
- Artikelnummer
- ARTN 75
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Prevalence of Underweight and Overweight and Its Association with Physical Fitness in Egyptian Schoolchildren
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- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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- <jats:p>Underweight and overweight are serious health concerns for many children and could be associated with low physical-fitness levels. This study aimed (i) to evaluate the prevalence of underweight and overweight and (ii) to examine its association with the physical fitness levels in primary male and female schoolchildren. Including 13 government primary-schools, a cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2014 and 2017. Anthropometric characteristics together with the physical-fitness level were measured in 931 schoolchildren aged between 6- and 11-years old. The prevalence of under- and overweight children were 8.49% and 24.06%, respectively. These proportions were not significantly different between males and females and were affected by age (p < 0.001), with a higher prevalence of overweight and a lower prevalence of underweight at 9–11 years, compared to 6–8 years old. Concerning the physical fitness levels, statistical analysis showed a better performance among males compared to females, among participants aged 9–11 years, compared to 6–8 years old, and among underweight and normal-weight, compared to overweight children (p < 0.001). There was a higher prevalence of overweight and lower prevalence of underweight at 9–11 years compared to 6–8 years old. Physical fitness levels were better in (i) males, compared to females, (ii) schoolchildren aged 9–11 years, compared to 6–8 years old, and (iii) underweight and normal-weight, compared to overweight children.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Osama Abdelkarim
- Achraf Ammar
- Khaled Trabelsi
- Hamdi Cthourou
- Darko Jekauc
- Khadijeh Irandoust
- Morteza Taheri
- Klaus Bös
- Alexander Woll
- Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
- Anita Hoekelmann
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17010075
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Sprache
- en
- Online publication date
- 2019
- Paginierung
- 75 - 75
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- Published online
- Herausgeber
- MDPI AG
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010075
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2019
- Titel
- Prevalence of Underweight and Overweight and Its Association with Physical Fitness in Egyptian Schoolchildren
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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- Abstract
- Underweight and overweight are serious health concerns for many children and could be associated with low physical-fitness levels. This study aimed (i) to evaluate the prevalence of underweight and overweight and (ii) to examine its association with the physical fitness levels in primary male and female schoolchildren. Including 13 government primary-schools, a cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2014 and 2017. Anthropometric characteristics together with the physical-fitness level were measured in 931 schoolchildren aged between 6- and 11-years old. The prevalence of under- and overweight children were 8.49% and 24.06%, respectively. These proportions were not significantly different between males and females and were affected by age (<i>p</i> < 0.001), with a higher prevalence of overweight and a lower prevalence of underweight at 9-11 years, compared to 6-8 years old. Concerning the physical fitness levels, statistical analysis showed a better performance among males compared to females, among participants aged 9-11 years, compared to 6-8 years old, and among underweight and normal-weight, compared to overweight children (<i>p</i> < 0.001). There was a higher prevalence of overweight and lower prevalence of underweight at 9-11 years compared to 6-8 years old. Physical fitness levels were better in (i) males, compared to females, (ii) schoolchildren aged 9-11 years, compared to 6-8 years old, and (iii) underweight and normal-weight, compared to overweight children.
- Addresses
- Faculty of Physical Education, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
- Autoren
- Osama Abdelkarim
- Achraf Ammar
- Khaled Trabelsi
- Hamdi Cthourou
- Darko Jekauc
- Khadijeh Irandoust
- Morteza Taheri
- Klaus Bös
- Alexander Woll
- Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
- Anita Hoekelmann
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17010075
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 31861878
- PubMed Central ID: PMC6981920
- Open access
- true
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Schlüsselwörter
- Humans
- Thinness
- Anthropometry
- Body Mass Index
- Prevalence
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Schools
- Physical Fitness
- Child
- Egypt
- Female
- Male
- Overweight
- Sprache
- eng
- Medium
- Electronic
- Online publication date
- 2019
- Open access status
- Open Access
- Paginierung
- E75
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2019
- Status
- Published
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- CC BY
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2019
- Titel
- Prevalence of Underweight and Overweight and Its Association with Physical Fitness in Egyptian Schoolchildren.
- Sub types
- research-article
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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- Abstract
- Underweight and overweight are serious health concerns for many children and could be associated with low physical-fitness levels. This study aimed (i) to evaluate the prevalence of underweight and overweight and (ii) to examine its association with the physical fitness levels in primary male and female schoolchildren. Including 13 government primary-schools, a cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2014 and 2017. Anthropometric characteristics together with the physical-fitness level were measured in 931 schoolchildren aged between 6- and 11-years old. The prevalence of under- and overweight children were 8.49% and 24.06%, respectively. These proportions were not significantly different between males and females and were affected by age (p < 0.001), with a higher prevalence of overweight and a lower prevalence of underweight at 9-11 years, compared to 6-8 years old. Concerning the physical fitness levels, statistical analysis showed a better performance among males compared to females, among participants aged 9-11 years, compared to 6-8 years old, and among underweight and normal-weight, compared to overweight children (p < 0.001). There was a higher prevalence of overweight and lower prevalence of underweight at 9-11 years compared to 6-8 years old. Physical fitness levels were better in (i) males, compared to females, (ii) schoolchildren aged 9-11 years, compared to 6-8 years old, and (iii) underweight and normal-weight, compared to overweight children.
- Date of acceptance
- 2019
- Autoren
- Osama Abdelkarim
- Achraf Ammar
- Khaled Trabelsi
- Hamdi Cthourou
- Darko Jekauc
- Khadijeh Irandoust
- Morteza Taheri
- Klaus Bös
- Alexander Woll
- Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
- Anita Hoekelmann
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861878
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17010075
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Central ID: PMC6981920
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- Int J Environ Res Public Health
- Schlüsselwörter
- BMI categories
- age
- gender difference
- physical fitness
- schoolchildren
- Anthropometry
- Body Mass Index
- Child
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Egypt
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Overweight
- Physical Fitness
- Prevalence
- Schools
- Thinness
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- Switzerland
- PII
- ijerph17010075
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2019
- Status
- Published online
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2020
- Titel
- Prevalence of Underweight and Overweight and Its Association with Physical Fitness in Egyptian Schoolchildren.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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