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Decreased Quality of Life Associated With Obesity in School-aged Children

2003; American Medical Association; Volume: 157; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archpedi.157.12.1206

1538-3628

Samuel L. Friedlander, Emma K. Larkin, Carol L. Rosen, Tonya M. Palermo, Susan Redline,

Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Objectives: To examine the association between healthrelated quality of life and body mass index (BMI) in preadolescent school-aged children and to provide the possible risk factors among participant characteristics, BMI status, and health-related quality of life.Design, Setting, and Participants: Crosssectional analysis of 371 (50% female; 32% minority) children from a community-based sample of 8-to 11-year-olds participating in an ongoing cohort study, excluding those who had sleep apnea or who were born prematurely.Using BMI percentiles for age and sex, 17.5% of the children were considered overweight (BMI Ն95th percentile), 12.4% were at risk for overweight (BMI 85th-94th percentile), 8.1% were relatively underweight (BMI Ͻ20th percentile), and the remaining 62.0% were of normal weight (BMI 20th-84th percentile).Main Outcome Measures: Health-related quality-oflife scores as determined by the Child Health Question-naire-Parent Form 50, dichotomized into the bottom quartile or decile.