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- María Julia Ajejas Bazán, María Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo, Julia Wärnberg, Silvia Domínguez Fernández, Ana López-de-Andrés, and Napoleón Pérez-Farinós.
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid. majejas@ucm.es.
- Nutr Hosp. 2018 Jan 16; 35 (1): 84-89.
IntroductionChildhood obesity is a recognized public health problem. The present work reports the changing prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity in Spanish boys and girls over the period 1993-2011, and examines the risk factors apparent in 2011.MethodsChildren with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 were deemed overweight, and those with a BMI of ≥ 30 were deemed obese. Overweight and obesity was consistently more common among boys than among girls.ResultsThe prevalence of overweight and obesity in Spain increased over the study period. CONCLUSIONS: According to the 2011 data, children who undertook no physical activity, or whose parents/guardians had a low level of education, showed the highest prevalence of obesity.
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