Survey of obesity among kindergarten girls and their mother's awareness

Abstract EN

This study was undertaken to construct percentile curves of body mass index (BMI) and cut off points for overweight and obesity of kindergarten children girls in Damietta, as well as study of the social status and measuring height, weight, BMI and (Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference) MUAC, then make questionnaires for the nutritional awareness of mothers, and questionnaires to track the child's dietary intake, for thirty nine children girls, aged 4-6 years from Damietta, measured during 2014.

The (BMI) percentile curves for Damietta children.

Obtained results indicated that: 5.13% of girls were Underweight, 69.32% were in Normal weight, 7.65% were in Overweight, and 17.5 9% were in Obesity, The study also proved that no relationship between BMI in children and mothers food awareness, this need to reconsidering of the food recommendations for children in all age stages.