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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2010; 48 (5)

Socioeconomic, demographic and family disfunction related with obesity in 6 to 9 year-old children

Sandoval-Montes IE, Romero-Velarde E, Vásquez-Garibay EM, González-Rico JL, Martínez-Ramírez HR, Sánchez-Talamantes E, Troyo-Sanromán R

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 485-490
PDF size: 44.69 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: to identify the association between family dysfunction and obesity in children six to nine yearold.
Methods: a case-control study that included children with obesity (cases, n = 64) with body mass index (BMI) › 95th percentile and triceps skinfold (TSF) ‹ 90th percentile; and a control group (n = 120) with BMI less than the 85th percentile and TSF ‹ 90th percentile was performed. Anthropometric measurements were made and a questionnaire assessing eight areas of family dynamics was applied. We compared the frequency of family dysfunction among cases and controls with the χ2 test and its association with obesity through the odds ratio.
Results: the average score of the questionnaire was 80.8 ± 11.3 with no differences between groups. The categories “probably dysfunctional” and “dysfunctional” were more common in the obese group but the differences were not significant. The score of the areas “dynamics of parents as a couple” (p = 0.053) and “structure of authority in the family” (p = 0.061) was higher in the control group.
Conclusions: although no association was seen between family dysfunction and obesity, we found a tendency toward obesity in dysfunctional families.


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