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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl)
J Obes Weight Loss Ther
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal
Obesity Meeting 2017
October 23-24, 2017
October 23-24, 2017 Dubai, UAE
14
th
Global Obesity Meeting
Parents of children with healthy weight are more concern about body weight and nutrition than
parents of children with obesity
Zhanar Tolysbayeva, Gaukhar Datkhabayeva, Akkumis Salkhanova, Toregeldi Sharmanov and Shamil Tazhibayev
Kazakh Academy of Nutrition, Kazakhstan
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besity is the greatest concern among all risk factors of chronic non-communicable diseases. Kazakhstan also does not lag
behind world trends.Thus, amount of children up to 5 years of age with overweight and obesity increased from9% to 13.4%
since 1995. The role of parents in maintaining children’s weight in norm is extremely important. We investigated awareness and
attitudes regarding childhood obesity and nutrition of parents of children aged 9-10 years with normal weight (80 respondents)
and obesity (80 respondents). Children’s weight status was determined in accordance with BMI-for-age standards of WHO:
97 and higher percentiles is considered as obesity, from 5 below 85 as normal weight. The majority of parents of children with
obesity (74%) understood that their child had excess weight, however 20% of them believed that their child’s body weight is
normal. 32.9% of parents of children with normal weight suspected their child was overweight. Parents of children with normal
weight were more critical about the weight of their children and also paid more attention to the qualitative composition of
food. Quantity of parents of children with normal weight who indicated health complications of obesity as a main reason for
weight normalization in case of obesity was greater than number of the parents of children with obesity. The level of parents’
awareness about risks of chronic non-communicable diseases related to obesity did not differ between two groups of parents.
Biography
Zhanar Tolysbayeva has completed her PhD in Medicine (Hygiene). She has worked at the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition as a Senior Researcher and has carried
out investigations on food and behavioral factors contributing to childhood obesity, as part of a program of prevention of pediatric obesity in school-age children in
Kazakhstan. Her interests cover popularization of healthy nutrition and elaboration of effective strategies for the promotion of healthy nutrition choices.
tolyzhan@mail.ruZhanar Tolysbayeva et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-052