title: [Overweight and obesity in children aged 6-11 years: prevalence and associated factors in Oran].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Childhood obesity is a major public health problem throughout the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity in school-attending children aged 6-11 years in Oran during the 2010-2011 school year.
  
  
  METHODS
  2,252 children (1,104 girls and 1,148 boys) aged 6-11 years from nine primary schools in Oran participated in the survey. Obesity and overweight were defined using the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. A logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the risk factors for overweight and obesity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  13% of the sample were found to be overweight or obese (16.4% of girls vs 10% of boys, p < 10?4). 10% of the sample were overweight (12.4% of girls and 7.7% of boys, p < 10?4). 3.1% of the children were obese (4% of girls and 2.3% of boys, p < 0.05). Using multivariate analysis, overweight was found to be associated with female gender (odds ratio adjusted (ORa) = 1.5), a family history of overweight (ORa = 2.2), living in a single-family home (ORa = 1.5) and skipping breakfast (ORa = 1.8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overweight is not only a problem in industrialized countries, but is also prevalent in developing countries, where measures to reduce overweight and obesity need to be further developed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bio-statistique, Faculte de medecine, Algerie.
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raiah
authors.forename: Randa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talhi
authors.forename: Mohammed Farouk
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mesli
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors