Cardiovascular and ventilatory pulmonary functions risks related to obese children and adolescents in Kafr Elsheikh governorate /
مخاطر القلب والأوعية الدموية المرتبطة بالاطفال والمراهقين البدناء فى محافظة كفر الشيخ
Hossam Eldeen Ibrahim Mousa ; Supervised Soheir Shehata Rezkallah , Gehan Mosaad Abdelmaksoud , Nadia Kamal Marie
- Cairo : Hossam Eldeen Ibrahim Mousa , 2019
- 115 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Sciences
Background: Obesity in children and adolescents and its health impact is widely handled for study in late time, Egypt one of the countries which has a high rate of obese population in Africa, Kafr El-Sheikh is one of the Delta governorates, Kafr EL-Sheikh is a rural country, the rural life may have an effect on the feeding style and hence body weight in children and adolescents. Purpose of the study: To investigate the effect of excess body weight of children and adolescents on cardiovascular capacities (CVCs) and ventilatory pulmonary functions (VPFs) in Kafr EL-Sheikh Governorate Public Schools students. Participants: Six hundred and fourteen children and adolescents of normal weight, overweight and obese according to their BMI% were randomly selected from Kafr EL-Sheikh Governorate primary, middle and high Schools their ages ranged from 6 to 18 years from both genders. Methods: Students were assigned into 3 groups according to their school grade (Group A: primary school age (from 6 to 11 years n = 206 males =100 females =106), group B: middle school age (from >11to15 years n = 205 males =102 females =103) and group C: high school age (from >15to18 years n = 203 males =103 females =100). Each group was assessed for CVCs and VPFs