Overweight and obesity prevalence: a pilot implementation of the ‟COSI" methodology in the Republic of Srpska.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Central European journal of public health Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI:10.21101/cejph.a8219

Adriana Ljubojević, Zeljko Sekulić, Igor Vučković, Zeljko Vukić, Goran Pašić, Saša Marković, Dan Iulian Alexe, Ng Kwok, Ratko Perić

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Abstract

Objectives: Childhood obesity has become a worldwide public health concern over the past decade, counting Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the lack of standardized surveillance data on childhood obesity. However, BiH and its entity, Republic of Srpska (RS), are failing inclusion in such initiative, which hinders efforts to monitor and address the issue. Henceforth, the objective of this nationally funded study was to gather and analyse data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary-school children in RS by implementing the COSI methodology.

Methods: Weight, height, and BMI of first, second, and third grade children (aged 6-8), from 11 schools (N = 2,030) in the RS region was analysed according to the standardized COSI protocol.

Results: The prevalence rates of overall overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) observed were 14.37% (OW 9.09%, OB 5.21%). No gender-related differences were noted (boys 14.36%, girls 14.88%).

Conclusions: These findings highlight a concerning trend of increasing overweight and obesity prevalence with age among primary-school children in the RS.

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超重和肥胖症发病率：在塞族共和国试行 "COSI "方法。

目的：过去十年来，儿童肥胖症已成为全世界关注的公共卫生问题，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那（波黑）也不例外。世界卫生组织（WHO）制定了儿童肥胖症监测倡议（COSI），以解决缺乏儿童肥胖症标准化监测数据的问题。然而，波黑及其实体塞族共和国（Republic of Srpska，RS）未能被纳入该倡议，这阻碍了监测和解决这一问题的努力。因此，这项由国家资助的研究旨在通过实施 COSI 方法，收集和分析斯普斯卡共和国小学儿童超重和肥胖发生率的数据：根据标准化的 COSI 协议，对塞族共和国地区 11 所学校（N = 2,030 人）一、二、三年级儿童（6-8 岁）的体重、身高和体重指数进行了分析：观察到的总体超重率（OW）和肥胖率（OB）分别为 14.37%（OW 9.09%，OB 5.21%）。没有发现性别差异（男生 14.36%，女生 14.88%）：这些发现凸显了塞族共和国小学儿童超重和肥胖率随年龄增长而增加的趋势，令人担忧。

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