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An assessment of Body Mass Index and sensitive period for overweight development in Macao students at primary school age | |
Walter King Yan Ho1; Md. Dilsad Ahmed2; Chi Ian Leong1; Patrick Chan1; Rudolph Leon Van Niekerk3; Fan Huang1; Jessica Chen4; Nikon Chan1; João Silva5; Patrick Ip6 | |
2019-03-01 | |
Source Publication | Anthropological Review |
ISSN | 2083-4594 |
Volume | 82Issue:1Pages:29-41 |
Abstract | The concomitant risk of physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle development causing various non-communicable diseases is recognized worldwide. Therefore, development of strategies to form a concrete public health policy overcoming this problem is most important. This study observed the distribution and changes of Body Mass Index (BMI) over six years among boys and girls. Data on children height and weight and their BMI were collected. A total of 5369 (3368 male and 2001 female) children were recruited from 10 schools in Macao. The children were 6 years old in 2008 and turned 11 in 2013. Statistical analyses involved descriptive statistics, t-test, and a Chi-squared test. The findings indicated greater BMI among males than females across all age at the 0.05 level of significance, and the ages of 8 and 9 seemed to be a sensitive period for an increase in overweight and obesity. The results indicate the need to have focused strategies and structured interventions for males at the critical ages from 8 to 9 years. |
Keyword | Body Mass Index School-age Children Weight Status |
DOI | 10.2478/anre-2019-0003 |
URL | View the original |
Language | 英語English |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85064340646 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | Faculty of Education |
Corresponding Author | Md. Dilsad Ahmed |
Affiliation | 1.Faculty of Education,University of Macau,,Macao 2.Faculty of Education,Department of Elementary Education,University of Alberta,,Canada 3.Department of Human Movement Science,University of Fort Hare,,South Africa 4.Department of Kinesiology,Michigan State University,,United States 5.Department of Physical Education and Sports,University of Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro,,Portugal 6.Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,University of Hong Kong,,Hong Kong,Hong Kong |
First Author Affilication | Faculty of Education |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Walter King Yan Ho,Md. Dilsad Ahmed,Chi Ian Leong,et al. An assessment of Body Mass Index and sensitive period for overweight development in Macao students at primary school age[J]. Anthropological Review, 2019, 82(1), 29-41. |
APA | Walter King Yan Ho., Md. Dilsad Ahmed., Chi Ian Leong., Patrick Chan., Rudolph Leon Van Niekerk., Fan Huang., Jessica Chen., Nikon Chan., João Silva., & Patrick Ip (2019). An assessment of Body Mass Index and sensitive period for overweight development in Macao students at primary school age. Anthropological Review, 82(1), 29-41. |
MLA | Walter King Yan Ho,et al."An assessment of Body Mass Index and sensitive period for overweight development in Macao students at primary school age".Anthropological Review 82.1(2019):29-41. |
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