Nutritional status and possible causes of obesity in preschool children

Introduction: Monitoring the nutritional status of children is a multi-useful activity as it helps in analyzing the current state of health of children and can serve as a prognostic factor in their future health. The aim of our study was to analyze the nutritional status of preschool children in a systematic review of enrollment in primary school in Cuprija, diagnosis of obese children, as well as analyzing the relationship between obesity in preschool children and their parents and analyzing children's obesity and parents' educational level, as the socioeconomic status of their parents. Methods: The study involved 212 children and their parents, where nutritional status is verified using the percentile values of BMI. The height and weight of children is a measure of trained medical personnel and the data on height, weight and level of education were collected based on questionnaires completed by parents. Results: The prevalence of obesity in children for enrollment in first grade is 5.19%. Obese girls were 5.6% and 5.7% of obese boys. BMI in children is not a statistical significant correlation with BMI of both parents, but deserves more attention the fact that 9.43% of children with elevated body mass 27 have parents who are with BMI <25 kg/m(2) and 5.66% of children found to be obese and 17 have a parent with a BMI <25 kg/m(2). Conclusion: The results of this study clearly indicated the existence of the problem of excessive weight gain in enrollment of children in primary school compared to the parental body weight and level of parental education.