- Title
- Trends in overweight and obesity in pre-school children in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from 2002 to 2005
- Creator
- Huynh, Thi Thu Dieu; Dibley, Michael J.; Sibbritt, David W.; Tran, Thi Minh Hanh
- Relation
- Public Health Nutrition Vol. 12, Issue 5, p. 702-709
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980008003017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Objective: To assess the trends in overweight and obesity in pre-school children in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, over the period 2002 to 2005. Design: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2002 and 2005. Multistage cluster sampling was used in both surveys to select the subjects. Sociodemographic information was collected using a self-administered questionnaire given to parents in 2002 and using an interview-administered questionnaire to parents in 2005. Weight and height were measured using the same standard methods in both surveys. BMI (kg/m²) was calculated and overweight/obesity was defined using the age- and sex-specific BMI cut-off points proposed by the International Obesity Taskforce. Subjects and setting: Children aged 4 to 5 years, attending pre-schools in urban areas of HCMC, Vietnam, in 2002 (n 492) and 2005 (n 670). Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity almost doubled from 2002 to 2005 (21·4 % and 36·8 %, respectively). The increase was more evident in less wealthy districts than in wealthy districts. The proportion of boys classified as obese in 2005 (22·5 %) was three times that in 2002 (6·9 %). Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased rapidly in children aged 4 to 5 years in urban areas, and especially in less wealthy districts, over a 3-year period. These results signal an urgent need for prevention programmes to control and reverse this rapid upward trend in overweight and obesity in young children in HCMC.
- Subject
- obesity; trends; pre-school children; Vietnam
- Identifier
- uon:7758
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/808755
- Identifier
- ISSN:1368-9800
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