Development of new strategy for prevention of life style diseases focused on factors associated with obesity during childhood through evidenced based nursing

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24792544
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Haga Chiyori 岡山大学, 保健学研究科, 准教授 (30432157)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 小児肥満 / 小児期の体格推移 / 小児肥満に関連する生活習慣

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study project revealed two major results. 1. The patterns in the body mass index [BMI; weight (kg)/height (m2)] of 1,536 6- to 12-year-olds were divided into five categories for 749 boys and six for 787 girls through a discrete mixture model to explore these patterns. 2. Being a member of a sports club was one of the factors which affected these trajectories. We calculated the BMI for about 304 children (163 boys and 141 girls), converted all the data on body size into standardized z-scores, and evaluated life style factors potentially determining the BMI trajectories of these children through a multinomial logistic regression. The BMI of boys belonging to a sports club tended to be lower than that of other boys.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学