- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 High body mass index, overweight, and obesity in children: Definitions, terminology, and interpretation
- Chapter 2 Stigma and BMI screening in schools, or ‘Mom, I hate it when they weigh me’
- Chapter 3 Developing positive approaches to nutrition education and the prevention of child and adolescent obesity: First, do no harm
- Chapter 4 Low family income and the overweight status of Canadian adolescents
- Chapter 5 Issues of teacher training in the prevention of eating disorders and childhood obesity in schools
- Chapter 6 Childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries: Global trends and correlates
- Chapter 7 A review of prevalence and trends in childhood obesity in the United States
- Chapter 8 Overweight, obesity, gender, age, ethnicity, and school SES among Australian schoolchildren in studies from 2000 and 2006
- Chapter 9 Secular trends in childhood obesity and associated risk factors in China from 1982 to 2006
- Chapter 10 Trends in Hong Kong and Macao and other Chinese communities
- Chapter 11 Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
- Chapter 12 Secular changes in overweight and obesity among Brazilian adolescents from 1974/75 to 2002/03
- Chapter 13 Trends in obesity and hypertension in South African youth
- Chapter 14 Childhood obesity—recent trends in Sweden including socioeconomic differences
- Chapter 15 Childhood obesity in the Middle Eastern countries with special reference to Iran
- Chapter 16 Trends in Israel
- Chapter 17 Childhood obesity: Treatment or prevention?
- Chapter 18 Relevant health education and health promotion theory for childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 19 The application of public health lessons to childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 20 Towards a children’s food and nutrition policy
- Chapter 21 Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
- Chapter 22 Asian adolescents in New Zealand—a health promotion approach
- Chapter 23 The role of health professionals
- Chapter 24 Striving to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems in adolescent girls: The New Moves approach
- Chapter 25 Whole-school and health promoting school approaches to obesity prevention—government policy directions in Australia between 2000 and 2010
- Chapter 26 Interventions targeting childhood obesity involving parents
- Chapter 27 Promoting optimal weights in Aboriginal children in Canada through ecological research
- Chapter 28 Environment and policy interventions to prevent obesity in children
- Chapter 29 Individual and environmental interventions to prevent obesity in African American children and adolescents
- Chapter 30 Targeted approaches by culturally appropriate programmes
- Chapter 31 Weight-related teasing and anti-teasing initiatives in schools
- Chapter 32 Physical activity programmes in high schools
- Chapter 33 Effective school meal interventions: Lessons learned from Eat Well Do Well in Hull, England
- Chapter 34 Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: An updated systematic review of the literature
- Chapter 35 Problems and possible solutions for interventions among children and adolescents
- Index
Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
- Chapter:
- (p.132) Chapter 11 Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
- Source:
- Childhood Obesity Prevention
- Author(s):
Nguyen Hoang H. Doan Trang
Tang K. Hong
Michael J. Dibley
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter describes the prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity and associated factors among children and adolescents in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. In general there is very limited data available about child and adolescent obesity for this region. However, the results indicate a very rapid increase of overweight and obesity in school students, from pre-school to high school, especially in urban areas. In most studies, the prevalence of overweight among boys was greater than that among girls. This is a different pattern compared to child and adolescent obesity studies from industrialized countries, where the progressive increase in overweight and obesity in younger age groups was observed. Furthermore, while studies from western countries showed higher prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst children from households with low economic status, the findings from Southeast Asian countries revealed the reverse of this pattern, such as in Vietnam and Indonesia. The methods used to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity varied among countries in this region, making cross country comparisons difficult. Studies in Southeast Asia have mentioned differences in adolescent overweight and obesity across gender and age groups, which might influence the likelihood of participating in physical activity and sport, and may differentially influence the benefits of physical activity in maintaining a healthy weight status. School location was also a notable risk factor of overweight and obesity in children in many studies of this region. Children from private schools had higher odds of overweight/obesity than those from public schools (Philippines, Indonesia); higher odds of overweight in students studying at schools in wealthy urban districts were found in Vietnam.
Keywords: overweight, obesity, children, adolescents, epidemiology, economic status, Vietnam, Asia
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 High body mass index, overweight, and obesity in children: Definitions, terminology, and interpretation
- Chapter 2 Stigma and BMI screening in schools, or ‘Mom, I hate it when they weigh me’
- Chapter 3 Developing positive approaches to nutrition education and the prevention of child and adolescent obesity: First, do no harm
- Chapter 4 Low family income and the overweight status of Canadian adolescents
- Chapter 5 Issues of teacher training in the prevention of eating disorders and childhood obesity in schools
- Chapter 6 Childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries: Global trends and correlates
- Chapter 7 A review of prevalence and trends in childhood obesity in the United States
- Chapter 8 Overweight, obesity, gender, age, ethnicity, and school SES among Australian schoolchildren in studies from 2000 and 2006
- Chapter 9 Secular trends in childhood obesity and associated risk factors in China from 1982 to 2006
- Chapter 10 Trends in Hong Kong and Macao and other Chinese communities
- Chapter 11 Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
- Chapter 12 Secular changes in overweight and obesity among Brazilian adolescents from 1974/75 to 2002/03
- Chapter 13 Trends in obesity and hypertension in South African youth
- Chapter 14 Childhood obesity—recent trends in Sweden including socioeconomic differences
- Chapter 15 Childhood obesity in the Middle Eastern countries with special reference to Iran
- Chapter 16 Trends in Israel
- Chapter 17 Childhood obesity: Treatment or prevention?
- Chapter 18 Relevant health education and health promotion theory for childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 19 The application of public health lessons to childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 20 Towards a children’s food and nutrition policy
- Chapter 21 Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
- Chapter 22 Asian adolescents in New Zealand—a health promotion approach
- Chapter 23 The role of health professionals
- Chapter 24 Striving to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems in adolescent girls: The New Moves approach
- Chapter 25 Whole-school and health promoting school approaches to obesity prevention—government policy directions in Australia between 2000 and 2010
- Chapter 26 Interventions targeting childhood obesity involving parents
- Chapter 27 Promoting optimal weights in Aboriginal children in Canada through ecological research
- Chapter 28 Environment and policy interventions to prevent obesity in children
- Chapter 29 Individual and environmental interventions to prevent obesity in African American children and adolescents
- Chapter 30 Targeted approaches by culturally appropriate programmes
- Chapter 31 Weight-related teasing and anti-teasing initiatives in schools
- Chapter 32 Physical activity programmes in high schools
- Chapter 33 Effective school meal interventions: Lessons learned from Eat Well Do Well in Hull, England
- Chapter 34 Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: An updated systematic review of the literature
- Chapter 35 Problems and possible solutions for interventions among children and adolescents
- Index