Investigation On Eating And Drinking Habits Of Children In Taiyuan City

Objective: To investigate the obesity state of the children in Taiyuan city, and give suggestion to help children growth healthy.Methods: Data of 478 children was collected by physical check and questionaire survey. Body height and weight were detected to value growth development.Results: The normal rate of children in Taiyuan was 62.13%, overweight rate was 13.83%, obesity rate was 10.67%, slight dystrophia rate was 12.32%, mild dystrophia was 1.05%. The obesity rate of children in higher income family was significantly increased than those in lower income family, which had the trend of elevation with the increase of family income. The obesity rate had significantly correlation between mother's cultured degree and children's obesity(P<0.05=, there had a decreased trend of children's obesity rate with mother's cultured degree increased. Compared obesity children with normal children, the positive results of eating habit were eat snacks frequently, be fond of ice cream and sweets, do not eat breakfast, eat western food frequently, drink beverage frequently, additional meal at night, choosy in food, deviation food habit, eat timing and fixed quantity; the positive living habits were average time of watching TV, average time of sleeping, average time of exercising.Conclusion: The results show that children and their parents do not pay much attention to eating breakfast, the obesity children drink more beverage, eat more snacks and eat more western food, it has becoming a universal eating habit. There is a correlation between living habit and children obesity, time of watching TV, sleeping and exercising will do difference to children's growth development. Parents do great effect to children's eating and living habits, especially to lower grade children. So it is very important to help parents know much nutrition knowledge and help children make good eating and living habits. To obesity children, we should suggest their reasonable food and drink, balance the contents of protein, vitamin, mineral salt and microelement while decrease the amount of food intake dose and categories , to escape the hypofunction of cellular immune function and meet the physical need of body growth.