Analysis of obesity factors among public primary school students in a town, Minhang District, Shanghai
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- MO Danhong; ZHAO Weizhong; XU Duojun; LI Bing; WEN Xiaosa; ZHAO Qi; XUE Wenhao
- Source
- Shanghai yufang yixue, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 84-89 (2024)
- Subject
- elementary school student
obesity
overweight
electronic product
Medicine
- Language
- Chinese
- ISSN
- 1004-9231
ObjectiveTo identify and analyze the possible influencing factors of obesity among public primary school students in Minhang District, Shanghai.MethodsBasic data, collected through questionnaire stars, was imported with merged physical examination data into Excel to form a database. Data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS 22.00. Independent sample t-test was used for the data with normal distribution. Nonparametric test was used for the data with non-normal distribution. χ2 test was used for the quantitative data. Logistic regression was used for univariate and multivariate analysis.ResultsAccording to the national physical health standards for students (revised in 2014) , the prevalence rate of obesity among primary school students in Minhang district was 29.63% . The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 32.1% in boys and 26.9% in girls. The trend of overweight and obesity in different grades was similar among different genders .A single factor analysis showed that, being the only child (χ2=9.300, P