Meta-analytical Summary to Identify Obesity Risks in Schoolchildren

The aim of the present study was to identify obesity risks in the lifestyles of schoolchildren. The subjects included 478 boys 438 girls aged from 6 to15 years. Obesity, breakfast intake, sleep time and exercise frequency were subjected to the logistic regression analysis and the meta-analytical summery by sex and age. The mean body mass index (BMI) increased with age for all subjects except 7-years-old boys and 15-years-old girls. Breakfast intake and sleep time decreased with age. Exercise frequency increased with age. We conducted a meta-analytical summary of the logistic regression analysis, and found a significant correlation between obesity and exercise frequency in 13-15-years-old boys. One results indicated indicated that the decrease in the exercise frequency is the risk of obesity for 13-15-year-old boys. The lifestyles of schoolchildren change with age, and distributions of lifestyle-related variables are not constant. For such an inconsistent target, the meta-analytical summary for all subjects based on a multiple logistic regression analysis for each group is useful.

meta-analytical summary

obesity

exercise frequency

schoolchildren

lifestyle