The Prevalence Of Overweight, Obesity Among Secondary School Students In Changsha And Intervention Analysis

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and discuss those factors related to obesity among secondary school students, then put forward policy suggestions for health management department on students health-keeping jobs.Methods: The weight-for-height chart was used to identify overweight and obesity. Through questionnaire investigation , a case-control study was carried out among 4021 students aged 11-19 years old, and ordinal logistic regression analysis was used to study the risk factors for overweight and obesity.Results: (1)The rate of overweight students has reached 3.8%(male, 4.5%; female, 3.0%) and the rate of obese students has reached 14.1% (male, 16.3%; female, 11.7%) in students aged 11-19. (2)The overweight and obesity rate is different between schools which have different character. (3)For overweight and obese students, there is different in dietary, exercise behavior and traffic mode comparing to normal students.Conclusions: (1)The prevention of overweight and obesity among secondary school students in Changsha is several, male students are the focal crowd;(2) While balancing food and insisting on exercise, we should regularize the time of work and rest for focal middle school and strengthen discipline for ordinary middle school (3) Family, school and society should actively cooperate with each other and advance scientific, efficient and comprehensive methods to solve that.