Anthropometric values, education and occupational situation of parents and the occurrence of overweight and obesity among junior high school students

Machniak Mariusz, Podhorecka Marta, Zukow Walery, Chwałczyńska Agnieszka. Anthropometric values, education and occupational situation of parents and the occurrence of overweight and obesity among junior high school students. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(3):501-510. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2607191 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6745 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/908741 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.03.2019. Revised: 15.03.2019. Accepted: 26.03.2019. Anthropometric values, education and occupational situation of parents and the occurrence of overweight and obesity among junior high school students Mariusz Machniak1, Marta Podhorecka2, Walery Zukow3, Agnieszka Chwałczyńska4 1 PhD Studies, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, machniak.mariusz@gmail.com, ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-0363 2 Department of Geriatrics, Division of Occupational Therapy and Social and Vocational Integration, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-0848 3 Department of Spatial Management and Tourism, Faculty of Earth Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland, ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-6117 4 Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-2570 Abstract: Introduction: Overweight and obesity is ever more affecting the youngest children. According to the International Obesity Task Force report, an increase of over 400,000 overweight children is being noted each year. The reason of such exacerbation varies in nature and is strongly corelated with parents’ behavior towards their dependents’ dietary requirements together with the neglect of encouragement towards physical activity. Material and Methods: TANITA body composition analyzer has been used to study 200 teenagers in the age of 14 to 16 years old, pupils of one of the secondary schools in the Lower Silesian in Poland. The questionnaire was directed to parents and adolescents regarding physical activity, social and economic status and parents' anthropometric data. The adolescents were additionally subjected to height and body weight measurements. Results: The results of the study show direct correlation of the higher education of parents (mainly mothers) on the increase of undertaking extracurricular physical activities by overweight or obese girls. Conclusions: It has been concluded that there is a relationship between the BMI of the examined girls and the BMI of the father. Also, the study proves paramount impact of mother's education and father's professional status on the physical activity of the examined youth. Keyword: body composition, oversize body weight teens, BMI, social and living situation, parents' education, the anthropometric values of parent