Prevalence of pre-school children for overweight/obesity in Turkey

ŞANTAŞ F., Santas G.

WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.14, no.1, pp.77-83, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12519-017-0103-9
  • Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.77-83
  • Keywords: Child overweight/obesity, Prevalence, Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, Wealth index, CHILDHOOD OBESITY, DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES, TRENDS, ENVIRONMENT, WORLDWIDE
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Most of the studies and interventions are targeted to address undernutrition, but childhood obesity has become a silent killer among children. Developing countries, including Turkey, could recognize the importance of the issue now and have begun to discuss the necessity of studies on this subject. Therefore, this study aims to examine the prevalence of obesity among pre-school children in Turkey.