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- Title
PREDICTORS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN A SAMPLE OF RURAL SASKATCHEWAN CHILDREN.
- Authors
Dupuis, Jeniffer R.; Semchuk, Karen M.; Baxter-Jones, Adam D. G.; Rennie, Donna C.
- Abstract
The aims of this cross-sectional study were to: (1) estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of 262 rural Saskatchewan children and (2) to identify predictors of overweight and obesity. The data were collected using a self-report questionnaire and measurement of height and weight. When BMI values were compared to international standards the estimated prevalence was 25.5% for overweight and 7.1% for obesity. The significant predictors of overweight and obesity were gender, Aboriginal descent, parent's/guardian's perception of neighbourhood safety, and parent's BMI. Nurses can use these results to develop health promotion programs aimed at reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity among rural children and their families.
- Subjects
SASKATCHEWAN; OBESITY risk factors; ANALYSIS of variance; BODY weight; CHI-squared test; CHILDREN'S health; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; ELEMENTARY schools; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; FISHER exact test; INDIGENOUS peoples; LEISURE; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL conditions; RURAL health; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SCALES (Weighing instruments); SCHOOL children; SELF-evaluation; STATISTICS; STATURE; DATA analysis; MULTIPLE regression analysis; EDUCATIONAL attainment; SOCIAL context; BODY mass index; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; CROSS-sectional method; SEDENTARY lifestyles; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2, p51
- ISSN
1539-3399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14574/ojrnhc.v11i2.15