NÂNG CAO NHẬN THỨC CỦA PHỤ HUYNH VÀ HỌC SINH VỀ HOẠT ĐỘNG THỂ LỰC VÀ CÂN NẶNG HỢP LÝ LÀ YẾU TỐ QUAN TRỌNG TRONG PHÒNG CHỐNG THỪA CÂN BÉO PHÌ TRẺ EM

Abstract

Assess the pattern of physical activity (PA) among children and parental feeding practices is the core contents for studies or interventions for controlling childhood overweight
and obesity. Objectives: (1) To determine some characteristics of physical activity among
primary school children in Hai Phong City; 2) To determine the association between childhood overweight/obesity and parents’ perception of their children’s weight or appearance.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study measured anthropometry indexes of 256 children
aged 6-10 years old and interviewed the children and their parents. Results: The availability of playgrounds and parks was a promoting factor for children taking part PA. There
were associations between childhood overweight/obesity and parents’ perception of their
children’s weight or appearance: 53.3% and 46.4% of the parents having overweight/obese
and abdominal obese children, respectively thought that their children were normal. The
odds for overweight/obese children whom parents thought that they were normal weight
or thin to be more overweight/obese were 1.8 or 61.2, respectively (p<0.001).