Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics

Objectives: To determine prevalence of obesity, distributions of body fats in school children and analyze the factors leading to obesity in secondary school children in Giza governate. subject: 1021 participants were selected from different schools of Giza governate-Egypt through Convenience sampling technique aged 15 - 18 years from both genders were willing to participate in this study. Materials and methods: the questionnaire was given to the selected students and assessed for height, weight measurement and body composition through inbody120. Data entry was done on SPSS version 21 and frequencies and percentages were taken as descriptive statistics for variables. Results: Male represented 48.5% and female represented 51.5%. It was found that majority 58% of the children normal BMI while 36.5% were overweight and obese. In addition, 54.9% students were not participating in any physical activity. It was also interesting to find out that 78.1%with high percent body fat and 69.5% with peripheral obesity. Furthermore, 77.9% students had trunkal obesity. Conclusions: is the prevalence of obesity was 14.7%, and the major risk factor was lack of physical activity. Also the usage of fast food and cannot ignored the role of family history and type of diet

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