Association among lifestyle status with obesity and overweight prevalence in girl students aged 7 to 12 in Yasuj

The prevalence of obesity and overweight in the girl students aged 7 to 12 in Yasuj is not well known. Thus, the aim of this study was to estimate the association among lifestyle status with obesity and overweight prevalence in girl students aged 7 to 12 in Yasuj.
This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on 352 (girls) students, 7-12 years old. The subjects were selected via a step wise random sampling. Height and weight of the subjects were measured by standard methods and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Overweight and obesity were defined on the 85th and 95th percentiles of BMI for age and sex, respectively, as proposed by Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Lifestyle status and family conditions were collected by a standard Baecke questionnaire. Correlations between the variables were determined by Spearman correlation.
The prevalence of obesity, overweight and underweight in 7-12 years old students were 6.5%, 22.1% and 13.3% respectively. The results showed that there is significant relationship between BMI with parent’s BMI in 7 years old students, significant relationship between BMI with daily commute to school in 8 years old students, significant relationship between BMI with fast foods and chips consumption pattern in 9 years old students, significant relationship between BMI with father’s educational levels, fathers’ BMI and time spend for exercise in 10 years old students, significant relationship between BMI with father’s educational levels, fathers’ BMI, watching TV, fast foods, cola and chips consumption pattern and time spend for exercise in 11 years old students and significant relationship between BMI with fathers’ BMI and watching TV in 12 years old students (P As the time spends for exercise and fast foods consumption pattern are the main factors in girl students aged 7 to 12 in Yasuj, the findings emphasis on furthermore time spend for exercise and correction of fast foods consumption pattern.