Prevalence of overweight in children with bone fractures: a case control study

BMC Pediatrics

Research Article

Antonino Tramontano¹  Giuliana Valerio²  Valeria Di Onofrio²  Giorgio Liguori²  Caterina Mancusi²  Francesca Gallè²  Edoardo Ruotolo³  Pasquale Guida⁴ 

[1] Department of Pediatric Surgery, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy;Department of Studies of Institutions and Territorial Systems School of Movement Sciences (DiSIST), Parthenope University, Via Medina 40, 80133, Naples, Italy;Medical Direction, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy;Unit of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy;

关键词: Fractures;    Gender;    Inactivity;    Lifestyle;    Overweight;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2431-12-166

 received in 2012-05-22, accepted in 2012-10-12,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundChildren's fractures have been enlisted among orthopaedics complaints of childhood obesity. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours may contribute to increased risk. This study described the prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents reporting a recent fracture in relation to gender, dynamic of trauma, and site of fracture.MethodsFour-hundred-forty-nine children and adolescents with fracture and 130 fracture-free controls were recruited from a large children’s hospital. The interaction between overweight and gender, dynamic of trauma, site of fracture was explored. Sports participation, television viewing, and calcium intake were also investigated.ResultsOverweight/obesity rate was increased in girls with fracture either at the upper or the lower limb (p= 0.004), while it was increased only in boys with fracture at the lower limb (p <0.02). Overweight/obesity rate did not differ between groups with low or moderate trauma. TV viewing ≥ 2 hrs was more frequent in children with fractures than controls (61.5% vs 34.5%, p =0.015) in the overweight/obese group.ConclusionsThe increased prevalence of overweight/obesity in children with fractures is related to gender and site of fracture. Higher levels of sedentary behaviours characterize overweight children reporting fractures.

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