Factors that influence overweight in school children aged 5-10
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2022, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Overweight is a limiting health condition for human performance, this is due to health complications that derive or are associated with this condition such as: insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, orthopedic and trauma complications. as well as psychosocial conditions. Overweight was considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global, emerging epidemic with immediate effects on the child population and is in turn estimated in the area of public health for having the implications described above. Objective:To describe the factors that influence overweight in schoolchildren aged 5 to 10 years. Materials and methods:Qualitative type study, with a descriptive methodology, where bibliographic information of publications via the web and scientific articles, relevant to the subject under study, is collected. The stages of elaboration of the study contemplate, reading and review of recent information, content analysis, organization and summary and writing to capture a perspective of the situation with transcriptionists related to the keywords: overweight, schoolchildren between 5-10 years. Conclusions:A significant number of the child population is being affected by overweight and obesity, which translates into overweight and obese adults if eating habits and behavior towards lifestyles are not corrected. Taking into consideration and addressing the aspects related to this issue is of vital importance because it constitutes a serious health problem worldwide and its health implications throughout life, where the person is affected by the health condition generated. , which in most cases creates disabled or dysfunctional individuals
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Montes Villao Sandy Maritza
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