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- Title
Assessment of the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Gross Motor Development in Children.
- Authors
AMOUIAN, Sepideh; ABBASI SHAYE, Zahra; MOHAMMADIAN, Sakineh; BAKHTIARI, Matin; PARSIANMEHR, Bahar
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a growing epidemic and public health problem in children. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the gross motor development. MATERIALS & METHODS: In this cross-sectional study conducted in 2012-13 in Gorgan, northern Iran, the gross motor development of 90 children 3-5 yr old in three groups of lean, normal and obese/overweight were evaluated by the ages and stages questionnaires (ASQ) and Denver 2 scale. RESULTS: Totally, 90 children were enrolled and their developmental level was assessed with two ASQ and Denver II indices. The mean and standard deviation of the ASQ scores of the children was 53.11± 11.06 and based on Denver index, 9 children (10%) were at developmental delay status, 15 (16.7%) in the caution conditions, and 53 (58.9%) at normal developmental status. The developmental level was lower in obese/overweight group comparing with other groups according to both Denver and ASQ and there was a significant difference between obese/overweight group and normal group based in Denver and ASQ, respectively. There was no significant difference between underweight and normal and obese and underweight groups. CONCLUSION: Overweight and obesity could affect on the gross motor development.
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Child Neurology, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 3, p7
- ISSN
1735-4668
- Publication type
Article