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Volume 7, Issue 7 (Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther, an open access journal
ISSN:2165-7904 Obesity & Fitness Expo 2017
November 13-15, 2017
November 13-15, 2017 | Atlanta, USA 17th World Fitness Expo
16th International Conference and Exhibition on
Obesity & Weight Management
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Prevalence of behavioral risks factors for obesity in children in Kazakhstan
Zhanar Tolysbayeva1, Gaukhar Datkhabayeva1, Akkumis Salkhanova1, Maikul Kainarbayev2, Svetlana Alliyarova2, Toregeldy Sharmanov1, Shamil Tazhibayev1
and Diana Koibagarova
1Kazakh Academy of Nutrition, Kazakhstan
2Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Kazakhstan
Significant contributors to obesity are sedentary lifestyle and overeating conditioned by eating habits and psychological problems.
To identify the prevalence behavioral risk factors for obesity in children of school age in Kazakhstan 1,400 schoolchildren aged 11-
18 years representing five oblasts and two large cities (Almaty, Astana) were interviewed. The proportion of children who spend two
or more hours every day in front of a TV and/or gaming on a computer/tablet/ smartphone was higher in the older age group (14-18
years) than the group aged 11-13, at 65.9 percent and 54.9 percent, respectively. Older pupils spend more time gaming rather than
watching TV (59.3 percent and 46.3 percent, respectively). When asked if they eat while watching TV/smartphone/computer etc., 46
percent of interviewed children answered positively. Anxiety eating after an argument with friends, a poor grade at school, or a failure
at an activity, is a rather common occurrence among schoolchildren. Almost one in every three kids (28.7 percent) has admitted
to eating out of anxiety and this proportion increases with age. Approximately a third (29 percent) of the interviewed children has
experienced a desire to “eat away” loneliness/boredom and again, this proportion increases along with age. Therefore, the bad habits
associated with eating behavior and sedentary lifestyle seems to be forming in early childhood. In this regard, in order to prevent
childhood obesity attention must be paid to the children’s eating behavior and how they spend leisure time starting at an early age, so
that corrective measures can be taken in a timely fashion.
Biography
Gaukhar Datkhabayeva is a PhD in human physiology. Her PhD thesis was devoted to EEG-investigation of functional brain state self-regulation. Mrs. Datkhabayeva has
worked at the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition as a senior researcher for a number of years and has carried out investigations of food and behavioral factors contributing
to childhood obesity, as well as the influence of obesity on children’s cognitive functions, as part of a program of prevention of pediatric obesity in school-age children in
Kazakhstan. Mrs. Datkhabayeva’s interests cover popularization of healthy nutrition and elaboration of effective strategies for the promotion of healthy nutrition choices.
Zhanar Tolysbayeva et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:7 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-55