Dietary Pattern and Quality of Life among Obese Children

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This observation aimed to study the dietary pattern and quality of life of obese children. 90children with of both sexes aged from 6-12 years old, recruited from National Nutrition Institute outpatient clinics. The study was conducted on two groups a) case group: included 48 children with simple obesity. b) Control group: included 42 normal weight children. Children with pathological cause obesity (endocrinal, congenital syndromes, chromosomal defects) were excluded. A Socio-demographic characteristic of the studied cases and control groups, PedsQL 4.0 version questionnaire and anthropometric measures was taken. Results of the mean ages in normal and obese groups were (8.1 ± 1.6 and 9.7 ± 2.0) years. The obese group had more consumption of sweets, chips, and cola and fast foods compared to the normal group. Normal weight children consumed an acceptable ranges carbohydrate (45.2%) whereas; the obese children had overconsumption (43.7%). The consumption of calcium and vitamin A were at the unsafe level for the two groups (33.3,61.1)% and 29.2% of obesity groups were at an unacceptable level .The normal group was at an unsafe level in vitamin C (42.8%) and vitamin B1(38.1%)  compared to (43.8%) of obese children were at overconsumption level in vitamin C. According to The quality of life: there were significant differences between the normal weight and obese children in all categories of the quality of life questionnaire. Forty four percent of the obese group were in between the bad and fair quality of life, whereas 48.0% and 46.0% of the normal group were a good and very good quality of life.

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