Prophylaxis of overweight and obesity in population of developmental age

Authors

  • Renata Żaczek Z Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Zawodowej w Krośnie, Zakład Pielęgniarstwa
  • Beata Dobrowolska Z Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie, Wydziału Pielęgniarstwa i Nauk o Zdrowiu Katedra Rozwoju Pielęgniarstwa

Keywords:

prophylaxis, overweight, obesity, children, young people

Abstract

The problem of overweight and obesity among children and young people has become more prominent during last ten years. Dramatic growth of body mass excess is found mainly between inhabitants of highly developed countries of Europe and North America and is strictly connected with the increase of fat content in food parallel with decrease of physical activity. Statistics from the last years show the gravity of the problem, in Poland children suffering overweight constitute 2,5 — 12% of developmental population, in Europe 6 -15% whereas in USA about 25%, Taking into consideration common occurrence and numerous consequences (diabetes, hypertension) overweight and obesity during childhood and adolescence have been recognised as diseases associated with the progress of civilization of this century. Regarding above-mentioned risk prophylaxis, which should be implied from early childhood, is of high importance. Prophylaxis of overweight and obesity is a chance for developing countries for achieving real health and economic benefits.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Sanjay Kinra, Robert P Nelder ang Gill J Lewendon.: Deprivation and childhood obesity: a cross sectional study of 20 973 children in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2000; 54; 456–460; downloaded from jech.bmj.com on 3 July 2007.

Szadkowska A., Bodalski J., Epideie XXI wieku – otyłość i cukrzyca: prewencja i leczenie w wieku rozwojowym, Polska Medycyna Rodzinna 2003; 5; 3; 317–325.

Marcie B. Schneider, MD, Susan R., Brill, MD., Otyłość u dzieci i młodzieży, Pediatria po Dyplomie vol.10 nr 3; 06, 2006; 38–47

Sybilski A. J., Tolak K., Wolniewicz A., Suchcicka M., Nadwaga, otyłość a aktywność fizyczna powyżej przeciętnej uczniów klas gimnazjalnych, Pediatria Polska, tom 82, nr 11. 11, 2007, 864–867.

Inge Lissau, PhD; Mary D. Overpeck, DrPH; W. June Ruan, MA; Pernille Due, MD; Bjorn E. Holstein, MSS., Body Mass Index an Overweight in Adolescents in 13 European Countries, Israel, and the United States, Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004; 158: 27–33; downloaded from at Akademia Medyczna in Lublin, on July 19, 2007.

Supranowicz P., Względna trafność samooceny sylwetki i wskaźnika BMI (Body Mass Index). Roczn. PZH, 2003; 54; nr 3; 301–309.

Hyżyk A, Romankow J, Moliński K., Ocena stanu wysycenia witaminą C organizmu dzieci otyłych, Ped Pol 2003;1: 15–19.

Lange A, Starostecka E, Graliński S., Otyłość dziecięca, Klin Ped 2001;9 (2):295–297.

Socha P, Socha J., Otyłość prosta i możliwość jej zapobiegania, Ped Pol 2003;1: 7–13.

Woynarowska B., Edukacja zdrowotna, PWN Warszawa 2008.

Czekalski S., Krzyżanowska-Swiniarska B., Lewiński A., Milewicz A. I wsp., Narodowy Program Zapobiegania i Leczenia Otyłości. Endokrynologia Polska, 2000, 51, 591–616.

Narodowy Program Zdrowia na lata 2006–2015 – www.mz.gov.pl, 07.01.2006.

Mastelarz, Jasik M., Utrata masy ciała zapobiega rozwojowi cukrzycy, Diabetyk 7/2005 (117), 6.

Gaja M., Zrzucamy niechciane kilogramy. Po pierwsze człowiek; nr 44/12/12; 8–9 .

Downloads

Published

2008-09-30

How to Cite

Żaczek, R., & Dobrowolska, B. (2008). Prophylaxis of overweight and obesity in population of developmental age. European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 6(3), 258–261. Retrieved from https://journals.ur.edu.pl/ejcem/article/view/13242

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2008): Medical Journal of the Rzeszow University

Section

REVIEW PAPERS

License

Copyright (c) 2008 Medical Journal of the Rzeszow University

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition: this means that articles have free availability on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from having access to the Internet itself.

All articles are published with free open access under the CC-BY Creative Commons attribution license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). If you submit your paper for publication by the Eur J Clin Exp Med, you agree to have the CC-BY license applied to your work. Under this Open Access license, you, as the author, agree that anyone may download and read the paper for free. In addition, the article may be reused and quoted provided that the original published version is cited. This facilitates freedom in re-use and also ensures that Eur J Clin Exp Med content can be mined without barriers for the research needs.