Astudy on development and assessment of a children's new obesity index using curvilinear relationship between mean body mass index and mean height

利用平均体重指数与平均身高的曲线关系制定和评估儿童新肥胖指数的研究

基本信息

批准号：
18590612
负责人：
SAKATA Kiyomi
金额：
$ 2.59万
依托单位：
Iwate Medical University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2006 至 2007
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18590612/
关键词：
OBESITY INDEX CHILDREN STANDARD BMI METHOD

项目摘要

First, we developed a new children's obesity index based on a curvilinear relationship between mean body mass index and mean height. We named it the standard BMI method. Next, we investigated the trend of obesity in Iwate Prefecture using the new index. As a result, the proportion of obesity increased as their grade in school advanced. Moreover, the proportion of obesity in urban areas was lower than that of mountainous areas or that of coastal areas, although it was not significant statistically. As for advantages of using the standard BMI method, school nurses answered that it was possible to use the method regardless of the grade, to evaluate obesity stably, and to shift to adult BMI smoothly. On the other hand, as some disadvantages of it, they answered that they were not familiar with the new method, they felt uneasiness about using the method because it was not guaranteed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and they felt troublesome using personal computers. The obesity index recommended by MEXT has a weak point that the obesity index changes when children move up to the next grade even if their body height and body weight are same. At this point, the standard BMI method is superior to the MEXT method. We also surveyed the use of the standard BMI method in Wakayama City. Two thirds of school nurses in Wakayama City have used the standard BMI method, and 80 percent of users answered that the method was convenient to use. The reason why they used the method was that it was simple and not time-consuming. They can get the results by simply inputting body height and body weight. The main reason why they did not use the method was that they had used other methods such as Rohrer Index, the Hibi's method, and a software package for school nurses.

首先，我们根据平均体重指数和平均身高之间的曲线关系开发了一个新的儿童肥胖指数。我们将其命名为标准BMI方法。接下来，我们使用新指数研究了iWate县肥胖的趋势。结果，随着学校的成绩提高，肥胖的比例增加了。此外，城市地区肥胖的比例低于山区或沿海地区的肥胖，尽管在统计学上并不重要。至于使用标准BMI方法的优点，学校护士回答说，无论等级如何，都可以使用该方法，以稳定评估肥胖症，并顺利地转移到成人BMI。另一方面，作为某些缺点，他们回答说，他们对使用这种方法不熟悉新方法不熟悉，因为教育，文化，体育，科学和技术部（MEXT）并不能保证这种方法，并且使用个人计算机感到很麻烦。 Mext推荐的肥胖指数的弱点是，即使孩子的身体身高和体重相同，肥胖指数即使儿童升至下一个年级也会发生变化。在这一点上，标准BMI方法优于MEXT方法。我们还调查了Wakayama City标准BMI方法的使用。 Wakayama City的三分之二的学校护士使用了标准BMI方法，其中80％的用户回答了该方法很方便。他们之所以使用该方法的原因是它很简单而不是耗时。他们可以通过简单地输入身体身高和体重来获得结果。他们不使用这种方法的主要原因是他们使用了其他方法，例如Rohrer索引，Hibi的方法和学校护士的软件包。