PERCENTAGE OF OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEAR: SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ALMATY CITY
Abstract
The prevalence of obesity among children has increased last years, and there are many reasons causes for this tendency. We examined the parents by survey to determine the reasons of obesity at the age of less than 5 years. We did survey data analysis based on parents ’ answers to our survey andfound some factors to cause obesity of children. As the standards of weight and height of children, we considered Weight-for-Height Standards of World Health Organization.
About the Authors
A. Dzhantykov
Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF; Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kh. Nurlybekov
Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF; Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
K. Muratova
Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF; Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
B. Omarov
Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF; Kazakhstan Innovations Lab supported by UNICEF
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
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Review
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Dzhantykov A., Nurlybekov Kh., Muratova K., Omarov B. PERCENTAGE OF OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEAR: SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ALMATY CITY. Herald of the Kazakh-British technical university. 2019;16(3):518-524.
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