TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Prevalence of overweight in children with bone fractures: a case control study
JO  - BMC pediatrics
A1  - Valerio, Giuliana
A1  - Galle, Francesca
A1  - Mancusi, Caterina
A1  - Di Onofrio, Valeria
A1  - Guida, Pasquale
A1  - Tramontano, Antonino
A1  - Ruotolo, Edoardo
A1  - Liguori, Giorgio
SP  - 166
EP  - 166
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1471-2431
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-166
ID  - ref1
ER  -