Prevalencia de la obesidad en una muestra de escolares de escuelas municipalizadas en la novena región de chile 2008-2009

Translated title of the contribution: Prevalence of obesity in a sample of schoolchildren from municipalized schools in the ix region of chile 2008-2009

Vanessa Carrasco, Cristián Martínez, Héctor Silva, Erika Collipal, Christian Campos, Tamara Silva

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Abstract

Obesity is a prevalent disease in Chile. The multitude of cause factors makes it a complex disease and therefore very difficult to treat, since its roots lie in the earliest stages of life. We evaluated pupils from 21 municipalized primary schools, in rural and urban communities from the 10 districts of the IX Region. The sample consisted of 275 subjects in Kindergarten and first year primary school in the year 2008, who were monitored over two years. The results show a trend indicating an increase in the prevalence of obesity in the sample, the difference being statistically significant, p=0.000.These results show that obesity is increasing, and that more action is needed to slow this disease occurring from early childhood.

Translated title of the contributionPrevalence of obesity in a sample of schoolchildren from municipalized schools in the ix region of chile 2008-2009
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)830-834
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Morphology
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anatomy

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