Open AccessCharacteristics of physical development of primary school-aged children (Perm, cross-sectional study, 2019)
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Iri. Gavrilova,
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Marina L. Otavina,
D.N. Lir,
Iri. Gavrilova,
N. V. Ogarysheva,
Elena B. Chihacheva,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik permskogo universiteta. seriâ biologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1994-9952
DOI - 10.17072/1994-9952-2021-3-206-211
Subject(s) - anthropometry , body mass index , obesity , medicine , cross sectional study , demography , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , body height , body weight , normal weight , overweight , mathematics , geometry , pathology , sociology
An anthropometric study of 607 primary school-aged children (7 to 11 years old) showed that the height and body weight values were within the normal range in 90% of children, and the body mass index [BMI] – in >70%. For the height and body weight, this range involved the values from –2SDS to +2SDS (stand-ard deviations from the age-specific median value). For BMI, values in the range from –2SDS to +1SDS were considered normal. The distribution of the age-based weight and height parameters as related to WHO reference standards demonstrated the right shift by 0.33-0.53 SDS, i.e. towards higher values. It was shown that 75 children (12.4%) were obese. Other researchers, who conducted similar measurements in different regions of Russia, reported about the same proportion of children with obesity. Among prima-ry schoolers, the incidence of obesity was higher in boys.