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Eliza Markidou¹, Eleftheria C Economidou², Demetris Avraam³

¹Department of Dietetics, Ministry of Health, 1448 Nicosia, Cyprus.

|April 12, 2025

概括

在塞浦路斯,儿童超重和肥胖仍然很高. 与较年轻的儿童和女孩相比,年龄较大的男孩 (8-9岁) 的发病率明显高,这表明公共卫生问题持续存在.

科学领域:

公共卫生公共卫生
儿科儿科儿科
流行病学流行病学

背景情况:

儿童超重和肥胖是一个重大的全球健康挑战.
儿童的患病率上升可能会导致即时和长期的生理和心理问题.
解决儿科肥胖症对于当前和未来的公共卫生结果至关重要.

研究的目的:

调查塞浦路斯小学儿童中超重和肥胖的流行和分布.
将当前发现与世卫组织儿童肥胖监测倡议 (COSI) 计划在塞浦路斯的历史数据进行比较.

主要方法:

在塞浦路斯利用世卫组织儿童肥胖监测倡议 (COSI) 协议.
在2021-2022学年收集了1662名小学儿童 (6-9岁) 的数据.
使用了标准化的体重和身高测量,数据按年龄,性别和位置 (城市/农村) 分层.

主要成果:

超重的发病率为20.1% (335名儿童),肥胖率为16.5% (275名儿童).
超重和肥胖率在较大的儿童 (8-9岁) 与较小的儿童 (6-7岁) 相比显著更高 (p < 0.0001).
男孩的超重和肥胖率明显高于女孩 (p = 0.0007).

结论:

在过去的十年里,塞浦路斯儿童的超重和肥胖仍然存在高水平.
调查结果强调需要持续监测和针对塞浦路斯儿童肥胖的有针对性的干预措施.
年龄和性别是与该人口超重和肥胖相关的重要因素.

关键词:

塞浦路斯塞浦路斯塞浦路斯塞浦路斯孩子们的孩子们的孩子们的孩子们.流行病学流行病学肥胖肥胖肥胖肥胖肥胖肥胖肥胖肥胖

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