Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009

Obesity is a prevalent disease in Chile. The multitude of cause factors makes it a complex disease and therefore very difficult to treat, since its roots lie in the earliest stages of life. We evaluated pupils from 21 municipalized primary schools, in rural and urban communities from the 10 district...

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Autores principales:	Carrasco,Vanessa, Martínez,Cristián, Silva,Héctor, Collipal,Erika, Campos,Christian, Silva,Tamara
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2011
Materias:	Anthropometry Body mass index Childhood obesity
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220110003000272012-06-11Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009Carrasco,VanessaMartínez,CristiánSilva,HéctorCollipal,ErikaCampos,ChristianSilva,Tamara Anthropometry Body mass index Childhood obesity Obesity is a prevalent disease in Chile. The multitude of cause factors makes it a complex disease and therefore very difficult to treat, since its roots lie in the earliest stages of life. We evaluated pupils from 21 municipalized primary schools, in rural and urban communities from the 10 districts of the IX Region. The sample consisted of 275 subjects in Kindergarten and first year primary school in the year 2008, who were monitored over two years. The results show a trend indicating an increase in the prevalence of obesity in the sample, the difference being statistically significant, p=0.000. These results show that obesity is increasing, and that more action is needed to slow this disease occurring from early childhood.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.29 n.3 20112011-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000300027en10.4067/S0717-95022011000300027
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spellingShingle	Anthropometry Body mass index Childhood obesity Carrasco,Vanessa Martínez,Cristián Silva,Héctor Collipal,Erika Campos,Christian Silva,Tamara Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
description	Obesity is a prevalent disease in Chile. The multitude of cause factors makes it a complex disease and therefore very difficult to treat, since its roots lie in the earliest stages of life. We evaluated pupils from 21 municipalized primary schools, in rural and urban communities from the 10 districts of the IX Region. The sample consisted of 275 subjects in Kindergarten and first year primary school in the year 2008, who were monitored over two years. The results show a trend indicating an increase in the prevalence of obesity in the sample, the difference being statistically significant, p=0.000. These results show that obesity is increasing, and that more action is needed to slow this disease occurring from early childhood.
author	Carrasco,Vanessa Martínez,Cristián Silva,Héctor Collipal,Erika Campos,Christian Silva,Tamara
author_facet	Carrasco,Vanessa Martínez,Cristián Silva,Héctor Collipal,Erika Campos,Christian Silva,Tamara
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title	Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
title_short	Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
title_full	Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
title_fullStr	Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
title_sort	prevalence of obesity in a sample of schoolchildren from municipalized schools in the ix region of chile 2008-2009
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2011
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000300027
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Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009

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