Obesogenic family environment and nutritional status of children aged 2 to 5 years
Keywords:
childhood nutrition disorders, childhood obesity, healthy lifestyle, nutritional statusAbstract
Introduction: Childhood obesity is a global health problem and it leads to chronic diseases. A child's environment can influence the development of healthy habits and lifestyles, or, alternatively, predispose the development of nutritional status disorders.
Objective: To identify whether there is a relationship between the family's obesogenic environment and the nutritional status of children between 2 and 5 years of age.
Methods: A descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 348 children between 2 and 5 years of age who received health care at the Tena Satellite Health Centers, Napo Province, Ecuador, between September and December 2024. Three research variables were determined: general characteristics of the children, obesogenic environment, and nutritional status. The Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey was used to identify the type of environment and the body mass index for nutritional status. The Pearson correlation test was used to identify the relationship between the obesogenic environment and nutritional status.
Results: The mean age was 4.19 years, the female population predominated (56.61%), and 58.05% of participants had a low obesogenic risk. A medium positive correlation was identified between the obesogenic environment and nutritional status, as measured by the body mass index.
Conclusions: There is a relationship between the obesogenic environment and nutritional status; the higher the risk of an obesogenic environment, the higher the body mass index scores.
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