[The assessment of exposure on passive smoking in obese children]

The aim of this study was to assess the an exposure on passive smoking in 50 obese children (29 girls and 21 boys) aged 9-16 years. We use questionnaire and personal interview method to complete data about smoking style, time of external exposure on tobacco smoke, number of family members whose are smoked, and the pinion of children about smoking generally. In the all subjects only one - 15 years old girl, was smoked active. 34% of children had non-smoking parents, 24% of children had one smoking parent, both in 20%, three members of family were smoked in 10% of children, and 12% had four and more. Inside sub-group of children with smoking parent 30% of them declared that their parents never smoke in children present, 15% sometimes. More than 50% of parents always smoked in children companion. The mean time of exposure on tobacco smoke was assess on 4.4 +/- 3.7 hour per day. We found positive significant correlation between BMI and daily time of exposure on tobacco smoke in obese children (r = 0.30, p < 0.05). There are necessary to complete more data about the comparison of passive smoking and obesity especially in children and their health.