@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of overweight in children with bone fractures: a case control study",
journal="BMC pediatrics",
year="2012",
author="Valerio, Giuliana and Galle, Francesca and Mancusi, Caterina and Di Onofrio, Valeria and Guida, Pasquale and Tramontano, Antonino and Ruotolo, Edoardo and Liguori, Giorgio",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="166-166",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Children's fractures have been enlisted among orthopaedics complaints of childhood obesity. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours may contribute to increased risk. This study described the prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents reporting a recent fracture in relation to gender, dynamic of trauma, and site of fracture. METHODS: Four-hundred-forty-nine children and adolescents with fracture and 130 fracture-free controls were recruited from a large children's hospital. The interaction between overweight and gender, dynamic of trauma, site of fracture was explored. Sports participation, television viewing, and calcium intake were also investigated. RESULTS: Overweight/obesity rate was increased in girls with fracture either at the upper or the lower limb (p= 0.004), while it was increased only in boys with fracture at the lower limb (p <0.02). Overweight/obesity rate did not differ between groups with low or moderate trauma. TV viewing [greater than or equal to] 2 hrs was more frequent in children with fractures than controls (61.5% vs 34.5%, p =0.015) in the overweight/obese group. CONCLUSIONS: The increased prevalence of overweight/obesity in children with fractures is related to gender and site of fracture. Higher levels of sedentary behaviours characterize overweight children reporting fractures.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2431",
doi="10.1186/1471-2431-12-166",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-166"
}